Metropolitan Institute of Public Health
Tama Branch Institute
Department of Regional Food and Pharmaceutical Safety Control
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Metropolitan Institute of Public Health |
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Research and Project Titles
| (No.of projects) |
| (1) Projects |
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Research on epidemiological analysis of emerging and re-emerging infectious
diseases |
7 |
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Development of simple and rapid methods in microbiological testing |
8 |
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Research on the prevention of harm by health foods |
10 |
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Research on the quality of organic agricultural products |
3 |
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Research on the effects of environmental endocrine disrupters |
9 |
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Construction of regional health risk management systems |
4 |
| Subtotal |
41 |
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| (2) Ordinary research |
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Research on the spreading and prevention of infections |
25 |
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Research on the quality and safety of pharmaceutical products |
10 |
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Research on the assurance of food safety |
44 |
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Investigation on ensuring the safety of air and water, etc. |
12 |
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Investigation on the effects of pollutants, food additives, and pharmaceutical products on the body |
39 |
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Investigation on the construction of public health information systems |
2 |
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Investigation on the quality assurance of hygiene testing and clinical
testing |
2 |
| Subtotal |
134 |
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| Total |
175 |
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No. of examinations
| Type of test |
No. of examinations |
Percentage(%) |
| Administrative | 181,143 | 58.2 |
| Special Ward requests | 33,698 | 10.8 |
| Ordinary requests | 1,154 | 0.4 |
| Semi-requests | 2,014 | 0.6 |
| Others | 93,419 | 30.0 |
| Total |
311,428 |
100.0 |
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Training and Guidance
| Classification |
Type of training |
No. of trainees |
| Metropolitan/Ward trainees |
Hygiene testing |
42 |
| Food sanitation inspectors |
67 |
| Environmental sanitation inspectors |
23 |
| Drug inspectors |
12 |
| International trainees |
39 |
| Total |
183 |
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Quality Assessment
| Type of institution |
No. of institutions |
Remarks |
| Metropolitan/Ward public health centers |
139 |
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| Registered clinical laboratories |
49 |
Open mode |
| 25 |
Blind mode |
| Total |
213 |
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Tama Branch Institute |
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Research and Project Titles
| (No.of projects) |
| (1) No. of research projects and titles |
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Research on the quality of organic agricultural products |
1 |
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Construction of regional health risk management systems |
1 |
| Subtotal |
2 |
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| (2) Ordinary research |
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Research on the assurance of food safety |
6 |
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Investigation on ensuring the safety of air and water, etc |
3 |
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Investigation on the construction of public health information systems |
1 |
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Investigation on improving health |
3 |
| Subtotal |
13 |
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| Total |
15 |
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No. of examinations
| Type of test |
No. of examinations |
Percentage(%) |
| Administrative | 73,208 | 25.1 |
| Ordinary requests | 8,555 | 2.9 |
| Semi-requests | 200,469 | 68.7 |
| Others | 9,603 | 3.3 |
| Total |
291,835 |
100.0 |
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Training and Guidance
| Type of training |
No. of trainees |
| Metropolitan staff/environmental health monitors |
4 |
| International trainees |
1 |
| Total |
5 |
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Department of Regional Food and Pharmaceutical Safety Control |
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Preliminary study topics by food monitoring mobile unit and other
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Survey of distribution and hygiene of imported health foods of which herbs are the main ingredients |
(New) |
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Survey of contamination of food with bacteria prescribed in category 2 infectious disease. |
(Continuing) |
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Examination of Campylobacter contamination and infection route in production and distribution of chicken |
(New) |
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Examination of the presence of toxic substances in existing food additives |
(Continuing) |
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Examination of the detection of radioactivity in foods |
(Continuing) |
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Survey on endocrine disrupters in baby food, etc |
(New) |
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Survey on the presence of parasites in fresh food |
(Continuing) |
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Examination of toxic microchemical substances in food |
(Continuing) |
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Hygiene survey on Listeria monocytogenes in processed food |
(Continuing) |
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Hygiene survey on foods purchased by mail order |
(Continuing) |
| Total 10 topics |
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No. of Foods
| Categories |
No. of Foods |
| Monitoring & guidance for harmful foods |
No. of sampled products |
48,244 |
| 〔No. of products in violation of regulations/violation rate〕 |
〔135/0.28%〕 |
| Monitoring & guidance for labeling of foods |
No. of labeling tests |
335,577 |
| 〔No. of products in violation of regulations/violation rate〕 |
〔379/0.11%〕 |
| Examination of milk |
No. of sampled products |
10,958 |
| 〔No. of products in violation of regulations/violation rate〕 |
〔3/0.03%〕 |
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No. of monitoring & guidance cases for pharmacies, etc.
| Category |
Pharmacies, etc |
Manufacturing/importation of pharmaceutical products |
Manufacturing of poisons and deleterious substances |
| No. of on-site inspections |
26,122 |
2,448 |
2,122 |
| No. of industries in violation of regulations |
1,485 |
161 |
315 |
| No. of violations |
1,186 |
260 |
598 |
| No. of measures taken |
485 |
177 |
314 |
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