フードチェーンにおけるトレーサビリティ : EUの現状と日本の課題

Abstract

BSEs have been broken out in autumn 2001 and forged label scandals have occurred in early next year in Japan; as a result, consumer's distrust of food has been growing. Consequently, both consumers and operators began to take an great interest in traceability in food supply chain, from the expectation of ability to quickly and correctly recall trouble foods or to secure transparency of food supply chain. The subjects of this paper is as follows to be based on research survey of EU's traceability system; definition of traceability; purpose of traceability; the status of introduction of traceability in EU and EU countries; the system of beef traceability in EU; the subjects of introduction of traceability in Japan.