International Workshop on Post-Accident Food Safety Science

Fukushima City, Japan
8-10 November 2016

Agenda

Day 1 – 8 November 2016

Workshop opening: Welcome remarks from NEA, host organisers and guests

Workshop overview and Objectives (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Workshop Chair:      Mike Boyd, CRPPH Chair, US EPA

Workshop Co-Chair: Toshimitsu Homma, CRPPH Bureau, JAEA

 

Session 1: The Food-Management Situation in Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi NPP Accident

Chair:        Thierry Schneider, CEPN, France

Vice-Chair: Hirofumi Tsukada, Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University, Japan (presentation ENG)

1.1 Radiological Release Caused by the Accident, and Status of Contaminated Areas (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Shinji Oikawa, NRA, Japan

1.2 Marine Contamination Status Caused by the Accident (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker:  Shinji Oikawa, NRA, Japan

1.3 Measures and Current Situation of Radionuclides in Food (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Jin Aoki, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Japan

1.4 Agricultural Measures for Reducing Radionuclide Contamination of Agricultural Products (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Masahiro Fujii, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan

1.5 Implementation Status and Results of Food Inspections (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Yoko Okabe, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

1.6 Impact of the Nuclear Accident on Rural Agriculture and 5 Year Summary (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Ryota Koyama, Fukushima University, Japan

Discussion and questions

 

Session 2: Local Approaches to the Production and Distribution of Food from Affected Areas

Chairs:      Daniel Iracane, NEA

                Rob Theelen, Food and Product Safety Authority (NVWA), The Netherlands

Vice-Chair: Naoya Sekiya, the University of Tokyo, Japan (Presentation ENG)

2.1 Work of the Agricultural High School and Collaboration with the Community (Presentation - Script ENG - JAP)

        Speaker:  Fukushima Prefectural Soma Agricultural High School, Japan

2.2 Assessing Radioactively Contaminated Farmland and Regeneration of Safe Agricultural Produce

(Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Toshihiko Ito, J-RAP Inc., Japan

2.3 Practical Aspects of Anpo-kaki Farming in Fukushima Prefecture (Presentation ENG - JAP)

         Speaker: Seiichi Kazumata, JA Fukushima Mirai, Japan

2.4 The Reality of the Fishing Industry in Fukushima Prefecture (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Nobuyuki Hatta, Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations, Japan

2.5 Producing Safe Fukushima Cattle (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Osamu Yuasa, Fukushima Beef Promotion Association, Japan

2.6 Management of Distribution of Food from Fukushima Prefecture (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Shunkichi Nonaka, Co-op Fukushima, Japan

2.7 Promoting Fukushima Products: Consumers’ View (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Chie Sato, FCO-OP consumers' cooperative, Japan

Discussion and questions

Day 2 – 9 November 2016

Session 3: State of the Art Post-Accident Food Safety Science

Chair:         Anne Nisbet, Public Health England (PHE), United Kingdom

Vice-Chair:  Michiaki Kai, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Japan

3.1  Codex Alimentarius: Criteria for the Import of Food from  Contaminated Agricultural Land (Presentation ENG- JAP)

Speaker: Rob Theelen, Food and Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Netherlands

3.2 Challenges in Implementing the Current International Standards Relating to Food and Drinking Water Applicable in Existing Exposure Situations (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Igor Gusev, IAEA

3.3 NEA Framework for the Management of Post-accident Contaminated Food (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker:  Ted Lazo, NEA

3.4 State of the Art Modelling and Measurement of Internal Dose from Contaminated Food (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Dietmar Noßke, Member of ICRP Committee 2, Germany

3.5 Phytomanagement of contaminated land: science, technology and context (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Hildegarde Vandenhove, SCK-CEN, Belgium

3.6  Best-Practice Management of Measurements of Radionuclides in Fishery Products (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Kinson Leonard, Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), United Kingdom

3.7    State of the Art Measurement and Assessment for Marketing of Foodstuffs Produced on Contaminated Agricultural Land (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker:  Christopher Perks, University of Cumbria, United Kingdom

Discussion and questions

 

Session 4: Examples of National Regulatory and Management Approaches to Post-Accident Food Safety

Chair:        Dietmar Noßke, Member of ICRP Committee 2, Germany

Vice-Chair: Michiaki Kai, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Japan

4.1  Regulatory and Practical Approach for Management of Sheep in the UK (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker:  Anne Nisbet, Public Health England (PHE), United Kingdom

4.2 Regulatory and Practical Approach for Management of Reindeer in Norway (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Astrid Liland, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA), Norway

4.3 Regulatory and Practical Approach for Management of Food in Belarus (Presentation ENG- JAP)

Speaker: Andrei Mostovenko, Research Institute of Radiology (RIR), Belarus

4.4 Mechanism and Measures for Contaminated Rice (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Yoshimitsu Arai, Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre, Japan

4.5   Mechanisms of Radioactive Material Absorption and Measures for Fruit Trees (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Mamoru Sato, Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre, Japan

4.6 Mechanism and Measures of Radiation Absorption in Livestock (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker: Youichi Kokubun, Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre, Japan

4.7    A Study on the Effects of Radioactivity on Marine Products in Fukushima Prefecture (Presentation ENG - JAP)

Speaker:  Yoshiharu Nemoto, Fukushima Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station, Japan

Day 3 – 10 November 2016

Session 5: Workshop Summary

Workshop Chair:        Mike Boyd, CRPPH Chair, US EPA

Workshop Co-Chair:   Toshimitsu Homma, CRPPH Bureau, JAEA

5.1  Summary of Session 1: The Food-Management Situation in Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi NPP Accident (Presentation)

Speaker: Jean Francois Lecomte, IRSN, France

5.2  Summary of Session 2: Local Approaches to the Production and Distribution of Food from Affected Areas (Presentation)

Speaker: Christopher Perks, University of Cumbria, United Kingdom

5.3 Summary of Session 3: State of the Art Post-Accident Food Safety Science (Presentation)

Speaker: Ted Lazo, NEA

5.4 Summary of Session 4: Examples of National Regulatory and Management Approaches to Post-Accident Food Safety (Presentation)

Speaker: Astrid Liland, NRPA, Norway

Discussion, questions and conclusion

Closing remarks


Last reviewed: 17 November 2016