輸入食品に対する検査命令の実施 ｜報道発表資料｜厚生労働省

This page announces an inspection order issued by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on May 11, 2018, regarding imported food products. The order mandates full-lot testing for Myanmar sesame seeds and products containing 30% or more sesame seeds, based on the Food Sanitation Law. The measure was implemented after quarantine monitoring detected aflatoxin—a carcinogenic mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus fungi—in Myanmar raw sesame seeds. A violation case involved Kanematsu Corporation's imported shipment of 450 bags (17,880 kg) testing positive for 11 μg/kg aflatoxin, exceeding the zero-tolerance standard.