RESEARCH AND SURVEY ON BSE PROBLEMS AND USAGE OF LOCALLY-PRODUCED FOODS IN SCHOOL LUNCHES

大多数日本人都是吃学校午餐长大的，因为在日本几乎到处都能吃到。学校午餐对饮食习惯的形成有着巨大的影响。最近，学校午餐供应中心开始使用当地或至少是国家产品。自2001年9月发现首例奶牛感染疯牛病（牛海绵状脑病）以来，学校午餐中的牛肉消费量有所下降。针对学校午餐中的牛肉进行了研究和调查，结果如下：1)在首次发现疯牛病后，日本约60%的学校午餐供应中心已停止使用牛肉和牛肉产品。2)日本黑牛区（岩手前泽地区）和牛肉用奶牛区（北海道地区）的一些供应中心没有改变牛肉的使用，因为学校营养师和当地生产商有合作关系。3)学校午餐供应中心的营养师应做好准备，及时处理适当的安全问题。

Most Japanese citizens have grown up eating school lunches, since it was available almost everywhere in Japan. School lunches have enormous influence in forming eating habits. There are recent movements in school lunch supply centers to use local or at least national products. Since September 2001, when the first dairy cow was found infected with BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy), beef consumption has declined in school lunches.Research and surveys focusing on beef in school lunches were conducted with the following findings :1)Approximately 60% of school lunch supply centers in Japan have ceased using beef and beef products after the first detection of BSE.2)Some supply centers, in Japanese Black Cattle area (Iwate Maesawa region) and dairy cattle for beef area (Hokkaido region), have not changed their use of beef, because school dieticians and local producers have cooperative relationship.3)Dieticians at school lunch supply centers should be prepared to promptly deal with appropriate safety issues.