会長｜竹埜 正敏

• 1978

  Tokyo University of Fisheries

  Department of Food Production Science

• 1978.4 – 1993.3

  Taiyo Fishery Co., Ltd.

  Cold-storage factory construction and production technology guidance

• 1993.4 – 2023.4

  Fujitsusho Co., Ltd.

  Joined 1993.4 → Director 2006.5 → Certified Food Freezing Technologist 2008.6 → Senior Managing Director 2017.4 → Advisor 2023.4

• 2009.1 – present

  Tokyo University of Agriculture

  Began teaching and joint research. From Apr 2015 to 2019, secured funding from MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (5 years).

• 2016.4 – present

  Imported Frozen Vegetables Quality & Safety Council (Chair)

  International Exchange Committee lead / operating committee member

• 2017.6

  Japan Society of Air-Conditioning — Fellow

  Continued academic activity in food freezing and refrigeration.

• 2023.10 – present

  Meritime Foods Co., Ltd. (Technical Advisor)

  Advisory work in food manufacturing technology.

• 2023.10 / 2024.1 – present

  WORSO Inc. — Technical Advisor → Chairman

  Joined as Technical Advisor in Oct 2023 and became Chairman in Jan 2024. Leads factory-support operations at WORSO.

• MEXT Grant-in-Aid

  Fundamental research in food freezing (5 years)

  Joint research with Tokyo University of Agriculture began in 2009; from 2015 to 2019 passed MEXT review and secured funding for 5 years.

  2009 – 2019 / university joint research

• Imported Frozen Vegetables Quality & Safety

  Council activities on imported frozen vegetables

  Chair since 2016, concurrently leading the International Exchange Committee and serving as an operating member. Contributed to raising quality and safety standards for imported frozen vegetables.

  Since 2016 / industry association

Food safety and quality can only emerge from on-site knowledge and the patient accumulation of research.

— Masatoshi Takeno, Chairman of WORSO Inc.

I lead WORSO's factory-support domain by combining 45-plus years of hands-on technology in food freezing and manufacturing with the broader perspective gained through university research and industry associations. The network built while chairing the Imported Frozen Vegetables Quality & Safety Council is also mobilized daily in client support.