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Viewing cable 07TOKYO9, HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARY

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07TOKYO9 2007-01-04 05:14 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tokyo
VZCZCXRO8516
PP RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB
DE RUEHKO #0009/01 0040514
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 040514Z JAN 07
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9533
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUEHFK/AMCONSUL FUKUOKA 9426
RUEHNAG/AMCONSUL NAGOYA 8911
RUEHNH/AMCONSUL NAHA 1906
RUEHOK/AMCONSUL OSAKA KOBE 2869
RUEHKSO/AMCONSUL SAPPORO 0447
RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC 8407
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 000009 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE 
DEPT FOR OES/IHA SINGER AND FENDRICK 
DEPT FOR EAP/J 
USDA PASS TO APHIS 
HHS PASS TO CDC 
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER 
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO EAGR KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
SUBJECT: HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARY 
SECRETARY TATSUYA TANIMOTO ON DECEMBER 6 
 
SIPDIS 
 
TOKYO 00000009  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  (U) Summary: On December 6, Department of Health and Human 
Services Deputy Secretary Alex M. Azar II met in Tokyo with Tatsuya 
Tanimoto, Cabinet Office Parliamentary Secretary for Food Safety. 
They discussed a range of food safety and health issues, including 
ongoing risk assessments, efforts to protect the food supply, and 
health innovation.  End summary. 
 
BSE Feed Ban Issue 
------------------------- 
2. (SBU) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy 
Secretary Alex M. Azar II and Parliamentary Secretary for Food 
 
SIPDIS 
Safety Tatsuya Tanimoto began their December 6 discussion with an 
update on agricultural import issues and the ongoing U.S. regulatory 
processes to prevent the introduction of BSE into the United States. 
 D/S Azar thanked Tanimoto for Japan's reopening of its market to 
U.S. beef trade, and informed him that a final regulation was 
forthcoming from the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by 
December 2006 on the use of animal parts in medical products.  D/S 
Azar noted that the USG has banned animal products in ruminant feed 
for the past eight years, and is assessing the implications of 
extending the ban to all animal feed.  He added that a final HHS/FDA 
regulation on specified risk material in animal feed is likely in 
2007, but emphasized that under U.S. law regulation on such matters 
must be evidence-based and cost-justified.  He offered to keep 
Japan's Food Safety Commission (FSC) informed during this process. 
Tanimoto thanked D/S Azar for the update on progress on the feed ban 
issue, and noted that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, and 
Fisheries (MAFF) has requested the USG to extend the ban to 
non-ruminant feed.  He added that mutual trust is essential in our 
shared food safety issues, and that the U.S. and Japan should be 
open to a regular exchange of information on the subject. 
 
Food Products Derived from Offspring of Cloned Animals 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
3.  (SBU) D/S Azar continued with an update on the ongoing HHS/FDA 
risk assessment of food products derived from the offspring of 
cloned animals.  He noted that, although HHS/FDA had not released an 
official assessment, USG scientists believe that there is no 
difference between the safety of such products and those derived 
from animals bred in other ways.  He added that the official 
conclusion at the end of the review process is likely to reflect 
this position.  Tanimoto responded that while Japan's FSC has not 
conducted a risk assessment of such products, he presumed that 
scientific results would not indicate any additional risks. 
However, he said that the psychological and emotional issues that 
surround cloning would likely be a factor in public acceptance.  He 
expressed interest in learning about USG-sponsored research results 
and U.S. public opinion polling on the matter, and noted that the 
discussion of the FDA risk assessment would prompt the Japanese 
government to examine the issue.  D/S Azar acknowledged the 
emotional factor associated with cloning and noted that, while he 
was unaware of any official polling on the subject, industry lobbies 
had conducted polls, the results of which, however, seemed to 
reflect their own particular biases. 
 
Food Defense vs. Food Security: Differing Priorities 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
4.  (SBU) Raising the issue of food defense, D/S Azar noted that the 
USG places high priority on addressing the vulnerabilities of the 
American food supply to a terrorist attack.  Interestingly, 
Tanimoto's response to D/S Azar's comment focused on Japan's concern 
with foQ self-sufficiency, rather than on the risk of the domestic 
food supply to an attack.  Tanimoto noted Japan's dependence on 
regular food imports, especially from the U.S., and highlighted the 
threat to Japan's security of an interruption of food supplies. 
Tanimoto noted that Japan had studied USG and industry efforts on 
port security and cargo traceability, and said that such initiatives 
were necessary in Japan to handle imports more effectively. 
(Comment: While semantic differences in the interpretation might 
have influenced Tanimoto's response, his comments imply that Japan 
is less concerned about the defense of its domestic food supply than 
on the secondary effects on its food imports of an attack elsewhere. 
 End comment.) 
 
 
TOKYO 00000009  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
Innovation 
---------- 
5. (SBU) Turning to the subject of innovation, D/S Azar noted the 
importance of rewarding medical innovation in the health systems of 
developed countries such as the U.S. and Japan.  He added that, as 
an innovation leader, Japan should consider the impact of innovation 
in its ongoing health reform efforts.  Tanimoto responded that 
innovation is very important to Prime Minister Abe, who has 
announced the "Innovation 25" initiative to maintain Japan's 
economic leadership in the future.  He noted that discussions are 
underway within the Japanese government to determine the priorities 
of this effort, but that pharmaceutical and medical devices will 
certainly be included in the initiative. 
 
6.  (U) This message has been cleared by HHS. 
 
DONOVAN