A safety criterion of 0.05 mg kg-1 has been agreed for cadmium concentration for Fruiting vegetables (THE 28th SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION, Roma, Italy, 4 July – 9 July 2005). About seven percent in 381 samples of eggplant (Solanum melongena) cadmium concentration was above this limit in the field and market basket study in Japan. To reduce cadmium concentration, we grafted eggplant onto root stock Solanum torvum, Solanum integrifolium, Solanum sanitwongsei, and Solanum integrifolium x S. melongena. Cadmium concentration of eggplant was lowest grafting onto root stock S. torvum. Fig. 1 shows Cadmium concentration of eggplant grafted onto S. torvum or S. melongena (3 replications each), growing on cadmium polluted gray lowland soil (0.1 mol l-1 HCl-extractable cadmium 2.9mg kg-1). Grafting onto S. torvum reduced eggplant cadmium concentration about one fourth. Stem and leaves cadmium concentration was also low when eggplant was grafted onto S. torvum, so cadmium translocation from roots to shoots was reduced. We are now growing eggplant on solution containing cadmium to measure root cadmium concentration.