The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) approach to food safety was established by NASA to ensure the safety of food prepared for its astronauts, and has now become a global standard for maintaining food safety. The Research and Development Office pursues and provides assurance for food safety based on HACCP control methods.

We conduct ongoing safety inspections in locations ranging from food producing regions including North America, China, and Southeast Asia to food processing factories. Through these inspections, we consistently pursue ever higher food safety and quality standards. In recent years we have been developing and producing frozen foods overseas targeting the food service industry. We endeavor to promote food production that is safe and dependable through stringent management of the food production process. This management encompasses food growing region selection, farming contracts that are concluded with trustworthy producers, agrichemical management, and production line control.
We work hard to assure safety and quality that is above and beyond what our customers demand, and hope that our ongoing efforts to provide technical guidance will further heighten these already high safety and quality levels.

Our Nishimoto Trading Group Foodstuff Shanghai co.,Ltd mainly exports materials for products to Nishimoto Trading Group companies abroad and also strives to develop new business resources. For instance, the Office’s product development capabilities are offered to the Nishimoto Trading Company of America Ltd., for Japanese food sold in the U.S. It also acts as a base for IPM for the sale within China of fresh fruits and vegetables from around the world. It provides management oversight of strawberry producing areas for Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd. business operations. It oversees outsourcing of the production and processing of strawberries grown in China for the Company. Through our efforts in this area we aim to heighten safety and quality, and also to boost cost effectiveness.

We also realize the need to further differentiate ourselves from other companies, bolster cultivation practices and agrichemical use for the development of lands where produce is grown, and enhance production management in the factories. We anticipate that the Nishimoto Trading Group Foodstuff Shanghai co.,Ltd will go on to play an increasingly important role in terms of the the Nishimoto Trading Group supply chain.