Food Safety in Modern Japan
Food Safety in Modern Japan
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现代日本的食品安全
DOI：
10.1080/09386491.2001.11826873
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发表时间：
2001
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通讯作者：
T. Yoshimitsu
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作者：
R. Jussaume;Hisano Shûji;T. Yoshimitsu
本文将通过对现代日本食品安全的分析来探讨后一个问题。食品安全对许多日本消费者的重要性反映在有机食品生产的增长，日本消费者合作社运动在过去20年的成功，以及许多食品公司营销战略的“绿色化”。我们将开始回顾历史上对食物供应的关注以及饮食与健康之间的关系。然后，我们展示了食品安全问题已成为日本消费者普遍关注的程度，以及食品安全问题是如何对食品安全和健康的历史关注的逻辑产物。这些研究结果，然后审查当代日本社会变革的理论背景下。我们的论点是，消费者对食品安全的关注反映了对饮食和健康的文化价值，在可预见的未来不太可能消失，食品安全关注的主流出现对日本促进替代食品系统的社会运动提出了挑战。
Abstract This paper will investigate the latter issue through an analysis of food safety in modern Japan. The importance of food safety to many Japanese consumers is reflected in the growth of organic food production, the success of the Japanese consumer cooperative movement over the past 20 years, and the “greening” of the marketing strategies of many food firms. We will begin with a review of historical concerns about food supply and the relationship between diet and health. We then demonstrate the extent to which food safety concerns have become widespread amongst Japanese consumers and how food safety concerns are a logical outgrowth of historical concerns about food security and health. These findings are then reviewed within the context of theories of contemporary Japanese social change. Our argument is that consumer concern over food safety reflects the cultural value placed on eating and health, is unlikely to dissipate in the foreseeable future, and that the emergence into the mainstream of food safety concerns presents challenges to Japanese social movements promoting alternative food systems.