Food Bank for Environmental pollution 1998.10.15

Amid growing interest in the effects of the human body, such as environmental hormones, the Ministry of Health and Welfare will embark on a "food bank" that stores food samples for a long period of time in the event of a situation in which there is a concern. It is used to investigate the intake of environmental pollutants taken into the body from food that dates back to the past. The whole country is divided into seven blocks, and various menus are kept frozen by 30 kg per year in each region.