Editorial Board Editor in Chief Susumu Kumagai University of Tokyo / FSCJ Itsuko Horiguchi FSCJ Hiroshi Satoh FSCJ Yasushi Yamazoe FSCJ Associate Editors Katsue Ishii FSCJ Shigeki Yamamoto FSCJ Midori Yoshida FSCJ Masatsune Murata FSCJ Editorial Board Yasunobu Aoki National Institute for Environmental Atsushi Ono Okayama University, Japan Studies, Japan Hiroaki Aoyama The Institute of Environmental Hiroshi Ozaki University of Tokyo, Japan Toxicology, Japan Satoshi Asano International University of Health Yoshihiro Ozeki Tokyo University of Agriculture and Welfare, Japan and Technology, Japan Ginji Endo The Ohara Memorial Institute for Junzo Saegusa Japanese Association for Science of Labour, Japan Laboratory Animal Science, Japan Yukihiro Goda National Institute of Health Sciences, Jun-ichi Sawada Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Japan Agency, Japan Ryuichi Hasegawa Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Tsutomu Sekizaki University of Tokyo, Japan Agency, Japan Akira Hiratsuka Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Makoto Shibutani Tokyo University of Agriculture Life Sciences, Japan and Technology, Japan Akihiko Hirose National Institute of Health Sciences, Makoto Shimizu Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan Japan Masao Horimoto Chiba Institute of Science, Japan Vittorio Silano Medical School, II University of Rome, Italy Toshio Imai National Cancer Center, Japan Tomotaka Sobue Osaka University, Japan Katsumi Imaida Kagawa University, Japan Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi Azabu University, Japan Toru Kawanishi National Institute of Health Sciences, Yutaka Tamura Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan Japan Anne-Katrine Lundebye National Institute of Nutrition and Masahiro Tohkin Nagoya City University, Japan Seafood Research, Norway Kunitoshi Mitsumori Tokyo University of Agriculture Hirokazu Tsubone University of Tokyo, Japan and Technology, Japan Shigeru Miyazaki Research Institute for Animal Science Shuji Tsuda Iwate Institute of Environmental Health in Biochemistry and Toxicology, Japan Sciences, Japan Hidehiro Mizusawa National Center of Neurology and Takashi Umemura Yamazaki Gakuen University, Japan Psychiatry, Japan Yousuke Murakami Gifu University, Japan Hans Verhagen European Food Safety Authority, Italy Kasuke Nagano Nagano Toxicologic-Pathology Hideki Wanibuchi Osaka City University, Japan Consulting, Japan Masato Naya National Institute of Advanced Noriko Yamanaka National Agriculture and Food Industrial Science and Technology, Research Organization, Japan Japan Akiyoshi Nishikawa National Institute of Health Sciences, Jyoji Yamate Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Japan Takehiko Nohmi National Institute of Health Sciences, Yasuhiro Yogo National Agriculture and Food Japan Research Organization, Japan Tomoyoshi Nozaki National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tsuyoshi Yokoi Nagoya University, Japan Japan Kumiko Ogawa National Institute of Health Sciences, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa Chiba Institute of Science, Japan Japan Nobuhiko Okabe Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health, Japan Editorial Office Managing Editor: Isao Tojo FSCJ E-mail: [email protected] Staff: Emi Takagi FSCJ Address: The Food Safety Commission, Cabinet Office, Akasaka Park Bld. Mieko Saito FSCJ 22F, 5-2-20 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6122, Japan Miho Toba FSCJ .