Role of the expanded OIE Collaborating Centre for Food Safety

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1 Role of the expanded OIE Collaborating Centre for Food Safety Research Center for Food Safety (RCFS) Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan Veterinary Public Health Centre (VPHC) Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA), Singapore Division of Health and Environment Sciences (DHES) School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan

2 Outline Background of joint application Overview of the three institutions - Research Center for Food Safety (RCFS), the University of Tokyo, Japan - Veterinary Public Health Centre (VPHC), Singapore - Division of Health and Environment Sciences (DHES), Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan Operational scheme

3 Background Research Center for Food Safety (RCFS), Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo was designated as OIE Collaborating Centre for Food Safety on 29 May, 2009.

4 Contribution as OIE Collaborating Center up to 2013 Year Organization of international meetings Meetings 2009 International seminar on food safety and health promotion (15-16 October, Tokyo) 2010 OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional Workshop on Feed Safety-Feed born disease prevention (12-15 July, Tokyo) OIE Focal Point conference for food safety (12-14 October, Singapore) 2011 Lecture meeting inviting Dr Bernard Vallat, OIE (10 September, Tokyo) Lecture meeting inviting Dr Gideon Bruckner, OIE Scientific Commission (2 November, Tokyo) 2012 OIE Regional Seminar for OIE National Focal Points on Animal Production Food Safety (31 October-2 November, Tokyo) Lecture meeting inviting Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, OIE (12 July, Tokyo) One Health Symposium (19 November, Tokyo)

5 Contribution as OIE Collaborating Center up to 2013 Participation in international meetings Year Meetings 2011 International Workshop on Agro-products quality and Safety (24 October-5 November, Wuhan, China) Annual meeting of the OIE Working Group of Wildlife Diseases (7-10 November, Paris, France) Technical training program on animal hygiene for returnee students in Kasetsart University (Bangkok, Thailand) 2012 Prion 2012 (9-12 May, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) th International Feed Regulation Meeting (24-25 January, Atlanta, USA) International seminar for collaboration between the University of Tokyo and Konkuk University (23 December, Konkuk, Korea) International seminar on Emerging Diseases (13 August, Harbin, China) APHCA-OIE Workshop: Zoonoses, Food-borne Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance - Incidence, Impact and Interventions in the Asia-Pacific Region (24-25 September, Thimphur, Bhutan ) International seminar on Food Safety (21 August, Beijing, China)

6 To further strengthen the function of CC RCFS, the Uniiversity of Tokyo Expertise in food-borne zoonosis, food safety risk assessment, import risk analysis of animals and animal products, and good animal farming. Establishment of joint CC VPHC, Singapore DHES, Rakuno-Gakuen University Expertise in analysis of biological, chemical and physical hazards in food, risk analysis of food safety and zoonoses and veterinary public health and epidemiology Expertise in antimicrobial resistance, one health epidemiology, herd animal health, zoonoses diagnosis, and environmental hygiene

7 Process for designation of joint CC OIE Code Commission (September 2013) Approved OIE Council (October 2013) Approved OIE Regional Conference for Asia, the Far East and Oceania (November 2013) Approved 82 nd General Session of the OIE (May 2014) <Designation of joint CC > Approved

8 Research Center for Food Safety Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science The University of Tokyo, Japan Tokyo

9 Chronicle Total No. of Staffs Employment and recruiting of new staffs Nov, collaborating staffs May, Project professor April, Associate professor July, Full professor May, OIE Collaborating Centre May, Associate professor Dec, Food Science Building Founded Sept, Full professor 1, Associate professor 2, Professor (collaborating staff) 14, Associate professor (Collaborating staff) 6, Project professor Oct, Full professor 1, Full-time Project profs 2, Associate profs 2, Professor (collaborating staff) 23, Associate profs (Collaborating staff) 16, Project profs 5, Project associate profs 1

10 ORGANIZATION Director Vice Director (2) Planning & Coordinator Administration Office Research Division Radiological Sciences Risk Assessment Science Risk Control Science Information Science and Economics Collaborating staff (Prof. & A. Prof.) Lab Food Borne Pathogenic Microbiology Lab. Advanced Technology Sciences Lab. assess. food- & drug-deriv. hlth effect Collaborating staff (Prof. & A. Prof.) Lab. Immune Regulations Lab. Food Functionality Collaborating staff (Prof. & A. Prof.) Collaborating staff (Prof. & A. Prof.)

11 Research 1) Risk assessment and epidemiology 2) Technology to control health hazards in foods 3) Food safety policy, economy and food communication Education 1) Education to not only students but also professional and the general public 3) Advice on food safety to government offices Communications 1) Dissemination of relating scientific information through publications, internet, and meetings

12 Research Panel Discussion Conferences Journals Science café Symposium Group interview 1) Technology to control health hazards in foods 2) Research for risk assessment and epidemiology for food safety 3) Research for food safety policy and economy

13 Veterinary Public Health Center (VPHC) Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA), Singapore

14 Division of Health and Environment Sciences (DHES) School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan

15 Location of University of Rakuno Gakuen Hokkaido Rakuno Gakuen Ebetsu Asahikawa Sapporo Otaru Kushiro Hakodate Map of Japan New Chitose Airport

16 Campus of the University of Rakuno Gakuen Sapporo University farm University buildings Nopporo Forest (2000ha) University farm Sports gym Intelligent dairy barn Animal hospital Area of main campus(132ha)

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18 Trans-disciplinary nature of DHES Environment Farm Science on Food safety by different disciplines Communications and learning Fork (Chopsticks)

19 Structure of DHES *Dean of School of Veterinary Medicine *Proposed Head of the Collaborating Center

20 Expected areas of contributions of the Joint Collaborating Centre Risk assessment modeling Food borne zoonosis Good animal farming Safe animal production Antimicrobial resistance Environmental studies One Health epidemiology Chemical hazard analyses Biological hazard analyses Physical hazard analyses Collaborative research Technical cooperation Workshop Training programs

21 Operation OIE, OIE members contact, annual report Katsuaki Sugiura, RCFS (organises steering committee*) contact Tze Hoong, VPHC contact Kohei Makita, DHES RCFS CC members DHES CC members VPHC CC members * Head of the lead CC will organise a steering committee meeting regularly (by telephone, online, or physical meeting) for information sharing and activity planning. The steering committee will be composed of the Heads (contact points) of CCs.