JFSM, established as a certiﬁcation program owner by collaborative
industry-government-academia alliance, develops and operates the Japan
original food safety management standards
Experts from FBOs, agricultural ministry and academia collaboratively studied for two years
on the foundation of the Japan original certiﬁcation program owner, and JFSM wasestablished in January 2016

NAME

Japan Food Safety Management Association

ESTABLISHMENT

January 8, 2016

Advantages enjoyed by JFSM members● Members can obtain the latest information on food safety management standards, their operationand food administration from sources in Japan and overseas.

FOUNDERSOUTLINE

JFSM is awaiting membership applications from all parties that support its activities.

JFSM provides the latest information by means including its members-only website and e-mail newsletters.

《Food Retailers, Manufacturers and Service providers》
Aeon Co., Ltd.

● Members are entitled to prioritized application for training programs and seminars, andparticipation in them at discounted rate.
JFSM offers a broad range of training programs, including seminars related to JFS standards, training
programs for officials in charge of food safety, programs for training auditors and assessors, and courses forinternational human resources development.

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
TrusteeAsahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

Shigenobu Ikedo, Japanese Agricultural Standards Association

Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union

Shigehiro Kataoka, Kikkoman Corporation

Kewpie Corporation

Akito Mike, Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd

Kikkoman Corporation
Lawson, Inc.

President

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.

Tokuji Nishitani, Lawyer

Meiji Co., Ltd.
NH Foods Ltd.

● Members can participate in the development of standards and guidelines.

JFSM offers members opportunities to state their opinions on the development of new standards andguidelines directly at working groups and review meetings.

Way to the future of food safety
Certiﬁcation program of food safety management originated in Japan● JFSM sets up a members-only forum for information exchanges.

and aligned with international standards● JFSM dispatches lecturers to program seminars sponsored by members.

Member organization

Director

Nichirei Corporation

Seiichi Aoyama, SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN CO.,LTD.

Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.

Masako Furukubo, SUNTORY MONOZUKURI EXPERT LIMITED

Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

Hikaru Hirayama, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

Kiyoshi Iwama, NH Foods Ltd.

Suntory Business Expert Limited

Hajime Kawamura, Lawson, Inc.

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

Junji Kawasaki, Nichirei Corporation

Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

Tomorou Kodama, Meiji Co., Ltd.

Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.

FBOs, certification bodies, assessment companies and industry bodies are being registered as the members andsupporting members for the operation of JFSM.

JFS-C / GFSI Recognized

Membership application● Registration and annual fees are defined according to the membership categories and the corporate sizes.

● Please refer to the membership regulations available from JFSM web-site for the definition of the respective

member categories and the registration procedures.

Kaoru Koyama, McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd.To
Toshiya Maezuru, Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.

《Intellectual Experts》

Naoko Nishinaka, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

Tetsuma Hirota, Kansai University

Kazumi Nozaki, ZEN-NOH

Goichiro Yukawa, Tokyo University of Marine Science

Masanori Uchida, Kewpie Corporation

https://www.jfsm.or.jp

and Technology

Katsuhiko Umetsu, YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
(Names of the companies/universities at the time of foundation)

一般財団法人食品安全マネジメント協会
Japan Food Safety Manegement Association

3-10-9 Irifune, chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0042
TOKYO, JAPAN 102-0083

TELEPHONE +81-3-6268-9691
FAX

E-mail+81-3-6268-9697
oﬃce@jfsm.or.jp

Yurakusho Line
Shintomicho st.
Exit 7

JFSM

JFSM

新富町ビル8階（１F︓ファミリーマート）
Shintomicho BLDG,

Shintomicyo st.
Irifunebashi

Chuo Ward Oﬃce

Tsukudaohashinishi.

SHINTOMICYO BLDG.,

Yurakucho Line
Shintomicyo st.
Exit 5

Police Box

i stTetsuma Hirota, Kansai University

kij

Inspector

Tus

Akihiro Yamakoshi, Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union

Hibiya Line
St.Luke's International Hospital
Tsukiji st.
Exit 3

一般財団法人食品安全マネジメント協会
Japan Food Safety Management Association

The food safety management standards and the certiﬁcation/conformance programs operated by JFSM

Food safety, shared practice among everyone
Background and reasons for the demand on the JFS standards
and the certification program
All food business operators (FBOs) have a mission to continue supplying safe food sothat consumers can sit around the dinner table without any concern. An important
strategy for growth of Japanese food industry is to export Japanese cuisine “Washoku”
and food ingredients used for it along with the globalization of food market. As well as forJapan domestic market, the food industry needs to satisfy growing demand andrequirements of increasing visitors and tourists from abroad.
To gain confidence by the foreign consumers on top of Japanese consumers, FBOs areseeking to share a common and useful standard of food safety management coherent
with global standards including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) is a certification program owner
who develops and operates the Japan original food safety standards and the certification
program.
To make sure food safety, it is more effective for all FBOs across the food chain to use
common standards and programs than for individual FBOs to follow independent
standards and programs. JFSM commits to work on developing and spreading the Japan
original standards and programs, cultivating the experts and providing up-to-date
information, which should contribute food industry to upgrade their food safety
management, optimize the management cost and gain trust by consumers as aconsequence.

Three-stage program for all food business operators
easy to develop their management in a stepwise manner<Beneﬁts to obtain certiﬁcation/conformance to the programs>< Table for the structure of JFSM published documents >1) Coherence with global standards of food safety management
2) Expansion of opportunities for the global supply chain

Sector covered : manufacturing sector EI through EIV and L, as of April 2018
JFSM will expand its coverage to other sectors, e.g. catering, in the future.

3) Compliance with the HACCP norms or standards4) Optimization of second-party audit costs

JFS-C standard
GFSI Benchmarking requirment level

GFSI GMaP Intermediate level

Food SafetyManagementSystem

HACCP

JFS-A standard

Roles of JFSM

s1pSten(tiorapaPre

JFSM develops and spreads the Japan original food safety management
standards and programs coherent with the global standards.

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Guideline document

Description of requirement

Operational rules

Explanation ofrequirements

Concrete examplesfor practice

JFS-C
Standard

1Hazard
Aanalysis andCritical Control
PointGMPGood
ManufacturingPracticePＧＭJFS-B
Standard

To support installationof HACCP for more
exportation opportunities

To contribute on optimizationof food safety managementcosts

To cultivate capable experts
leading standardization
activities and information
offering globally on foodsafety

GFSI

A subcommittee of the Consumer Goods
Forum (CGF), the largest industrial
association for consumer goods companies
in the world, focused on the topic of foodsafety

GMaP

Step-by-step program for small to
medium sized companies seeking toacquire GFSI-recognized certiﬁcation

Certiﬁcation program
oriented for global
and domestic market

JFS-A/B Audit andConformity Assessment
Progran Document

JFS-A/B/C
Explanatory
document

JFS-B Standard
Guideline

JFS-A Standard
Guideline

JFS-AStandard

JFSM is currently considering guidelines based on such items as miso, precooked food and marine products.

＜ Steps for acquisition of certiﬁcation/conformance ＞

Project kickoﬀ
Conformance programs orientedfor Japan domestic market

JFS-C Standard
Guideline

JFS-C
Scheme DocumentＭ

plemof Hentat
AC ionCPps

Explanatory
document

ＦＳImte（SScheme/Program
Document

FSMCohglo erencbal e w
sta ithndards
JFS-B standard

GFSI GMaP Basic level 礎Standard

Understanding the details ofrespective standards andproject planning for acquisition

Establishment of themanagement system
Self-assessing the own systemwith reference to the relevant
documents to establish themanagement system meeting
all the requirements

Certiﬁcation audit /conformity assessment,
and registration
Audit/assessment application to acertification body / assessment
company licensed by JFSM. The
organization will be published on
the JFSM web-site uponcertification/conformance.

The food safety management standards and the certiﬁcation/conformance programs operated by JFSM

Food safety, shared practice among everyone
Background and reasons for the demand on the JFS standards
and the certification program
All food business operators (FBOs) have a mission to continue supplying safe food sothat consumers can sit around the dinner table without any concern. An important
strategy for growth of Japanese food industry is to export Japanese cuisine “Washoku”
and food ingredients used for it along with the globalization of food market. As well as forJapan domestic market, the food industry needs to satisfy growing demand andrequirements of increasing visitors and tourists from abroad.
To gain confidence by the foreign consumers on top of Japanese consumers, FBOs areseeking to share a common and useful standard of food safety management coherent
with global standards including Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).
Japan Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) is a certification program owner
who develops and operates the Japan original food safety standards and the certification
program.
To make sure food safety, it is more effective for all FBOs across the food chain to use
common standards and programs than for individual FBOs to follow independent
standards and programs. JFSM commits to work on developing and spreading the Japan
original standards and programs, cultivating the experts and providing up-to-date
information, which should contribute food industry to upgrade their food safety
management, optimize the management cost and gain trust by consumers as aconsequence.

Three-stage program for all food business operators
easy to develop their management in a stepwise manner<Beneﬁts to obtain certiﬁcation/conformance to the programs>< Table for the structure of JFSM published documents >1) Coherence with global standards of food safety management
2) Expansion of opportunities for the global supply chain

Sector covered : manufacturing sector EI through EIV and L, as of April 2018
JFSM will expand its coverage to other sectors, e.g. catering, in the future.

3) Compliance with the HACCP norms or standards4) Optimization of second-party audit costs

JFS-C standard
GFSI Benchmarking requirment level

GFSI GMaP Intermediate level

Food Safety
ManagementSystem

HACCP

JFS-A standard

Roles of JFSM

s1pSten(tiorapa

Pre

JFSM develops and spreads the Japan original food safety management
standards and programs coherent with the global standards.

CPAC 12 ）Hxhug
deCo thro

Foof g undoo atiodn
pra hygie
ctic neeghtuhro5)

Guideline document

Description of requirement

Operational rules

Explanation ofrequirements

Concrete examples
for practice

JFS-C
Standard

1

HazardAanalysis andCritical Control
Point

GMP

Good
ManufacturingPractice

PＧＭ

JFS-B
Standard

To support installationof HACCP for more
exportation opportunities

To contribute on optimizationof food safety managementcosts

To cultivate capable experts
leading standardization
activities and information
offering globally on foodsafety

GFSI

A subcommittee of the Consumer Goods
Forum (CGF), the largest industrial
association for consumer goods companies
in the world, focused on the topic of foodsafety

GMaP

Step-by-step program for small to
medium sized companies seeking toacquire GFSI-recognized certiﬁcation

Certiﬁcation program
oriented for global
and domestic market

JFS-A/B Audit andConformity Assessment
Progran Document

JFS-A/B/CExplanatory
document

JFS-B Standard
Guideline

JFS-A Standard
Guideline

JFS-AStandard

JFSM is currently considering guidelines based on such items as miso, precooked food and marine products.

＜ Steps for acquisition of certiﬁcation/conformance ＞

Project kickoﬀ
Conformance programs orientedfor Japan domestic market

JFS-C Standard
Guideline

JFS-C
Scheme Document

Ｍplemof Hentat
AC ionCP

psExplanatory
document

ＦＳImte（SScheme/ProgramDocument

FSM

Co
hglo erenc
bal e w
sta ithndardsJFS-B standard

GFSI GMaP Basic level 礎

Standard

Understanding the details ofrespective standards andproject planning for acquisition

Establishment of themanagement system
Self-assessing the own systemwith reference to the relevantdocuments to establish themanagement system meeting
all the requirements

Certiﬁcation audit /conformity assessment,and registration
Audit/assessment application to acertification body / assessment
company licensed by JFSM. The
organization will be published on
the JFSM web-site uponcertification/conformance.

JFSM, established as a certiﬁcation program owner by collaborative
industry-government-academia alliance, develops and operates the Japan
original food safety management standards
Experts from FBOs, agricultural ministry and academia collaboratively studied for two years
on the foundation of the Japan original certiﬁcation program owner, and JFSM wasestablished in January 2016

NAME

Japan Food Safety Management Association

ESTABLISHMENT

January 8, 2016

Advantages enjoyed by JFSM members● Members can obtain the latest information on food safety management standards, their operationand food administration from sources in Japan and overseas.

FOUNDERSOUTLINE

JFSM is awaiting membership applications from all parties that support its activities.

JFSM provides the latest information by means including its members-only website and e-mail newsletters.

《Food Retailers, Manufacturers and Service providers》
Aeon Co., Ltd.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

TrusteeAsahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

Shigenobu Ikedo, Japanese Agricultural Standards Association

Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union

Shigehiro Kataoka, Kikkoman Corporation

Kewpie Corporation

Akito Mike, Yakult Honsha Co., LtdKikkoman Corporation
Lawson, Inc.

President

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.

Tokuji Nishitani, Lawyer

Meiji Co., Ltd.
NH Foods Ltd.

● Members are entitled to prioritized application for training programs and seminars, andparticipation in them at discounted rate.
JFSM offers a broad range of training programs, including seminars related to JFS standards, training
programs for officials in charge of food safety, programs for training auditors and assessors, and courses forinternational human resources development.
● Members can participate in the development of standards and guidelines.

JFSM offers members opportunities to state their opinions on the development of new standards andguidelines directly at working groups and review meetings.
● JFSM sets up a members-only forum for information exchanges.
● JFSM dispatches lecturers to program seminars sponsored by members.

Way to the future of food safety
Certiﬁcation program of food safety management originated in Japanand aligned with international standards

Member organization

Director

Nichirei Corporation

Seiichi Aoyama, SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN CO.,LTD.

Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.

Masako Furukubo, SUNTORY MONOZUKURI EXPERT LIMITED

Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

Hikaru Hirayama, Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

Kiyoshi Iwama, NH Foods Ltd.

Suntory Business Expert Limited

Hajime Kawamura, Lawson, Inc.

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

Junji Kawasaki, Nichirei Corporation

Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

Tomorou Kodama, Meiji Co., Ltd.

Yoshinoya Holdings Co., Ltd.

FBOs, certification bodies, assessment companies and industry bodies are being registered as the members andsupporting members for the operation of JFSM.

JFS-C / GFSI RecognizedMembership application● Registration and annual fees are defined according to the membership categories and the corporate sizes.

● Please refer to the membership regulations available from JFSM web-site for the definition of the respective

member categories and the registration procedures.

Kaoru Koyama, McDonald's Company (Japan), Ltd.To
Toshiya Maezuru, Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.

《Intellectual Experts》

Naoko Nishinaka, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

Tetsuma Hirota, Kansai University

Kazumi Nozaki, ZEN-NOH

Goichiro Yukawa, Tokyo University of Marine Science

Masanori Uchida, Kewpie Corporation

https://www.jfsm.or.jp/eng/and Technology

Katsuhiko Umetsu, YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Akihiro Yamakoshi, Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union

Inspector
Tetsuma Hirota, Kansai University(Names of the companies/universities at the time of foundation)

一般財団法人食品安全マネジメント協会
Japan Food Safety Management Association
Room 605, THE HUB GINZA OCT,

8‑17‑5 Ginza, Chuo‑ku, Tokyo 104‑0061
TELEPHONE +81-3-6268-9691

E-mailinfo@jfsm.or.jp

一般財団法人食品安全マネジメント協会
Japan Food Safety Manegement Association