Japan Offspring Fund(JOF) is a consumer group and environmental NGO established in 1984. We have researched issues involving the safety of daily life, including chemical residues, endocrine disruptors, and genetically engineered food.

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July 2009
U.S. admits beef inspection failure after Japan halts imports (January 21,2006, Kyodo News)

IACFO participates in Codex Task Force meeting about GM foods (September 19-24, 2005)

Internet Radio from Codex meeting 19-23 Sept. 2005

"IACFO codex blog" open!
Blog report from Codex Alimentarius food safety meetings

"Crush WTO!" Japan Offspring booklet about unfair trade

Martin Frid News From Japan

Video: Danger! Antibiotic Resistance
Japan Offspring Fund has produced a documentary in order to change the situation in Japan, where antibiotic resistant bacteria are continuing to increase. Title: "Danger for you life! Antibiotic resistance on the rise". The video/DVD has two parts, with focus on medical use as well as the risks associated with food.
Green Growth
5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific, 2005

Update: Please click here for the Seoul Statement of MCED Civil Society Forum 2005

Will Japan ever become tobacco-free?

Asthma And Vacuum Cleaners(Sankei Shimbun Jan. 6, 2005)

Testing Vacuum Cleaners

Supersize Me documentary opens in Japan on Dec. 25, 2004

Feud Ferments Between Soy Sauce Makers(Sept. 21, 2004)

IACFO participates at Codex meeting in South Korea (Sept. 7-10, 2004)

Soy sauce (San Francisco Chronicle) (Aug. 25, 2002)

Japan Offspring Fund 'Working for Future Generations' (June 17,2004)

POINT OF VIEW/Natsuko Kumasawa:Savvy consumers can better weigh food risks
(IHT/Asahi: June 12,2004) (06/12)

STOP PCB Pollution Project (updated April 10,2003) 

Blood Flow to Brain Changes with Radio-wave Exposure(Kyodo News, Aug.19,2003) 

"Taberu na, Kiken!" (Don't Eat! Danger!)
Japan Offspring Fund has published a book from Ko-dan-sha on October 8, 2002 and now it has become one of the best sellers of the season.
"To eat or not to eat - here's some advice" - Article of the Japan Times(Dec.16,2002) introducing this book

"Tabetai, Anzen!" (Want to Eat, Safe!)
Japan Offspring Fund has published a book from Ko-dan-sha on April 15, 2003, introducing in detail the safe food and its producers.

Newsletter
  News 195,196,197,198 (From July 2005 to October 2005) (pdf)

Japan Offspring Fund - Our activities and ideas


Endocrine Disruptors, Nano-Technology

Genetically Engineered/Modified Food

Codex Alimentarius Commission

Food Irradiation, Antibiotics, BSE, Containers, and Other Food Safety Issues

Post-harvest Pesticides, Organic Agriculture
Housing Environment, Electromagnetic Fields
International Project

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