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The task force aims to gather and research scientific information on food microorganisms (especially harmful microbes) that is useful to the food products industry, from a broad perspective. It will also disseminate the results to third-party institutions through publications, symposiums, and lectures, under the name of ILSI Japan. |
| Main Activities to Date （Achievements） |
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Held international symposium on Alicyclobacillus (August 2003) |
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Issued publication on Alicyclobacillus (Kenpakusha, August 2004) |
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Held symposium on microbial contaminants in food products (December 2006) |
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Published Alicyclobacillus (Thermophilic Acidophilic Bacilli) (Springer, 2007) |
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Presented on Pacifichem (December 2015)
「Expansion of MALDI-TOF MS database for spoilage microorganisms in food and beverage industry.」 |
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Development of unified inspection method for Thermophilic anaerobic sporeforming bacteria (June 2017) |
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Held symposium : Microbial inspections supporting to HACCP and the latest technology (December 2017) |
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Held symposium : NGS Project (March 2019) |
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Overview |
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The task force is planning activities relating to sporeforming bacteria, MALDI-TOF/MS, Clostridium botulinum and ICMSF. |
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Specific plans |
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Consider details of protocol and validation of inspection methods for obligated anaerobic bacteria. |
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Working together with NITE and Dr. Tamura of Meijo university, advance identification technology and examine usefulness of Biomarker. |
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Comparing method and result of each company by using Bacillus cereus type strain. |
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Working together with Japan Canners Association, research low-temperature Clostridium botulinum and make a detail plan. |
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Working together with Dr. Kasuga of National Institute for Environmental Studies, translate ICMSF documents into Japanese and post on HP.
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