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Hong Kong will not lift post-Fukushima ban on some Japanese food via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2018/03/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In meeting with Tokyo’s foreign minister, Chief Executive Carrie Lam says restrictions will stay in place for now, while government reaffirms commitment to enforcing sanctions against North Korea Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Sunday rejected for the … Continue reading →

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Fukushima food promoted in Paris via NHK World

Posted on 2018/03/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The governor of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture is in Paris to promote farm products that are suffering from a damaged reputation following the 2011 nuclear accident. […] Uchibori organized the “Fukushima Pride” tasting event on Saturday at a shopping mall near … Continue reading →

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Experts doubt lifting of Japan food ban via Global Times

Posted on 2018/01/10 by nfield

[…] The AQSIQ banned imports of food produced in 10 prefectures in Japan including Miyagi, Nagano and Fukushima in 2011, amid fears of radiation contamination following the disaster. The quality watchdog did not reply to a request for comment from … Continue reading →

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Fukushima farmers looking for authoritative ways to get rid of nuclear stigma via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/12/24 by nfield

In light of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, the Fukushima Prefectural Government is hoping to find a new, faster and easier way to certify the safety of homegrown rice to ease the burden on local farmers. The blanket radiation-screening method … Continue reading →

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Red Hot Radioactive Wild Boars, Loaded With Chernobyl Fallout, Now Turning up in Sweden via EnviroNews

Posted on 2017/11/20 by nfield

Wild boars (Sus scrofa) loaded with dangerous quantities of cesium 137 have been turning up in tests conducted in central Sweden. Some specimens have been found carrying levels as high as 16,000 becquerels of radioactivity per kilogram of meat — … Continue reading →

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Taiwan to hold off on plans for problematic Japanese food imports via Focus Taiwan

Posted on 2016/12/16 by nfield

Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) The government is to put on hold a planned opening of food products from radiation-affected prefectures in Japan amid public misgivings about food safety, a Cabinet spokesman said Friday. Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) said in a news … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong still testing food imports for Fukushima’s radiation via Food Safety News

Posted on 2016/08/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] CFS is a unit of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of Hong Kong’s City government, which is part of China. The CFS continues to test those Japanese imports but hasn’t found any additional shipments with unsafe radiation levels. And its not for … Continue reading →

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Japan urges Hong Kong to lift ban on food from areas near Fukushima plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/08/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

HONG KONG – Agricultural minister Yuji Yamamoto said in Hong Kong on Thursday that he has requested the territory to lift a food ban that restricts imports from five Japanese prefectures most affected by a radiation-leak scare following the Great … Continue reading →

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Japan urges Singapore to ease ban on Fukushima imports via The Malay Mail

Posted on 2016/01/10 by norma field

TOKYO, Jan 10 — Japan pressed Singapore to ease its ban on Fukushima food imports, following the European Union’s move to relax restrictions on imports from the area, according to media reports today. Japanese agriculture minister Hiroshi Moriyama said the … Continue reading →

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EU to exempt some Fukushima foods from radiation checks via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/11/26 by norma field

BRUSSELS – The European Union has decided to stop requiring radiation screening for some food products imported from Fukushima Prefecture, informed sources have said. It will be the first time for the EU to exclude foods items from Fukushima from … Continue reading →

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