| Foreword | Why Food Additives Are Disliked by Consumers | Motohiro Nishijima | Department of Food and Health Sciences, Jissen Women's University |  |
| Feature Articles: Food Additives and Food Hygiene | Safety of Food Additives and Its Evaluation | Akiyoshi Nishikawa | Division of Pathology, Biological Safety Research Center, NIHS |  |
Daily Intake of Food Additives in Japan
Determination of Food Additives Residues in Food - From 1976 to 2000 Year by Market Basket Method | Yoshio Ito | Executive Officer of Japan Society of Food Chemistry
Editor-in-Chief of FFI journal |  |
| Inspection of Imported Food in Japan - On Violation Cases Concerning Food Additives - | Sumio Ito | San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc. |  |
| The Current Situation on Administrative Measures and Future Development toward Food Additives in Local Government | Ryodo Tokura | General Sanitation Division, Public Health Department, Public Health and Welfare Bureau of Kobe City |  |
| Current Topics in the Eighth Edition of Japan's Specifications and Standards for Food Additives | Hisao Oka | School of Pharmacy Kinjogakuin University |  |
| Reviews | Biodegradation of Biomaterials for Recycling - Biodegradation Mechanism of Cellulose Acetate - | Kunihiko Moriyoshi
Kiyofumi Sakai | Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute |  |
| Introduction to Products Made of Agave and Results of Research into Inulin Production and Its Characterization | Tetsuya Ogura a)
Yoshitane Kojima b) | a) Departmento de Quimica, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
b) Agave Inc. |  |
| ArtTaste | Culture and Science of the Acorn VII
- Culture of the Acorn Forest Region - | Toshio Mitsunaga | Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |