| Foreword | An Essay on Food Allergy | Masahiro Ito | Kyoto Higashiyama Health Center |  |
| Feature Articles: Up to Date Knowledge on Food Allergy | Food and Allergies | Naomi Kondo | Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University |  |
| On the Label Issue for Food Allergies | Eiji Marui | Department of Public Health, Juntendo University School of Medicine |  |
| Recent Trends and Future Prospects with Detection Methods for Food Allergens in the Japanese Food Allergy Labeling System | Hiroshi Akiyama
Shinobu Sakai
Reiko Adachi | National Institute of Health Sciences, Division of Novel Foods and Immunochemistry |  |
| Development and New Directions for Anti-Allergy Food | Yoshihisa Takahata
Fumiki Morimatsu | Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. R&D Center |  |
| Reviews | New Analytical Methods for Evaluation of Food-Related Chemical Substances
- Specification of Aluminum in Human Serum Using HPLC/HR-ICP-MS -
- Evaluation of the Antigenicities of Food Additives (Food Colors) Using Popliteal Lymph Node Assay (PLNA) - | Megumi Hamano Nagaoka | Division of Foods/Division of Environmental Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences |  |
| Determination of Formaldehyde and Acetaldehyde in Polyethylene Terephthalate Products | Motoh Matsuga | Division of Food Additives, National Institute of Health Sciences |  |
The Enteric Nervous System in the Large Intestine
- I. The Morphological and Functional Classification of Enteric Neurons and the Nerve Circuit - | Shin-ichiro Karaki
Atsukazu Kuwahara | Institute for Environmental Sciences / Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, the University of Sizuoka |  |
| ArtTaste | Culture and Science of the Acorn VIII
- Acorns in Europe and America 1 - | Toshio Mitsunaga | Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |