Comprehensive Analysis of Law and Policy in the American Food Policy

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K13317
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: Ohsawa Hideyuki 慶應義塾大学, 法学部(三田), 教授 (40118922)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: フード・ロー＆ポリシー / 食品安全現代化法 / 食品安全基本法 / 食育基本法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In recent years, we have found many people's increasing concern regarding food safety issue. In response to those interests, we need to think more and more how to bring safety measures as urgent problems the nation facing with. Thus, in this research, we have traced the various measures taken in the United States. Especially, we have strong focus on the newly legal area called Food Law & Policy. Though Food Law & Policy is a newly developing legal area, many U.S. law Schools put Food Law & Policy courses on their curriculum. Along with it, we have also tried to analyze a new federal food safety related statute, namely Food Safety Modernizing Act. As to the situation in Japan, we have had many interviews with local government officials in charge of food safety issues.

Free Research Field

憲法