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CFS follows up on illegal import of fresh radish and cabbage from Japan via 7th Space

Posted on 2015/11/07 by norma field

Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 6) that a consignment of fresh vegetables and fruits imported from Japan was found to contain radish and cabbage from … Continue reading →

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Safety of food from Fukushima emphasized at Milan expo via JapanToday

Posted on 2015/10/12 by norma field

MILAN — A campaign has begun at the Japan Pavilion of the food-themed world expo in Italy to demonstrate to visitors that food from Fukushima Prefecture is safe despite a nuclear disaster there in 2011. During the four-day campaign through … Continue reading →

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Fukushima locals confident of produce as neighbours raise inspections via Food navigator-asia.com

Posted on 2015/06/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Eight out of 10 residents of Fukushima prefecture are comfortable buying local produce four year ears after the nuclear accident in 2011, according to a survey by local consumer groups. Over the last year, this figure has grown by 10 … Continue reading →

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Taiwan tells Japan to check food labeling before involving WTO via Want China Times

Posted on 2015/05/13 by norma field

Japan should check false labeling problems that have given rise to Taiwan’s decision to impose tighter regulations on imported Japanese food before taking the case to the World Trade Organization, the head of an agency dealing with Japan said Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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Bogus labels, radiation fears prompt Taiwan to strengthen rules on Japanese food imports via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/04/18 by norma field

HONG KONG–Taiwan said April 16 it will further tighten regulations on food imports from Japan after forged place-of-origin labels allowed entry of banned products from Fukushima and four other prefectures. Tokyo has expressed opposition to Taiwan’s new rules, fearing other … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Reaches Australia: Radioactive Caesium Detected in Food Imports via GoPetition

Posted on 2013/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Perth, Australia:  It has been 951 days since the devastating impact of the Fukushima catastrophe and every day an average of 400 tonnes of radioactive water is systematically dumped into the Pacific Ocean devastating our food chain. Largely the general … Continue reading →

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Japan fast-food chain to grow food 100 km from wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/10/02 by norma field

A Japanese fast-food chain has announced plans to grow rice and vegetables on a farm 100 km (60 miles) from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. Yoshinoya Holdings, … Continue reading →

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Tepco radioactive flow raises alarm over seafood safety via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/08/23 by norma field

okyo Electric Power Co.’s revelation that massive amounts of radioactive water are flowing into the Pacific further raised fears about the harm to marine life. Tepco estimated that between May 2011 and this month, a staggering 40 trillion becquerels of … Continue reading →

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Fukushima fishermen forced to test fish for radiation via Reuters

Posted on 2013/06/01 by kojimaaiko

(Reuters) – Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not for the dinner table but … Continue reading →

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Tous Cobayes? / All of us guinea-pigs now? / 世界が食べられなくなる日 via YouTube

Posted on 2013/04/10 by kojimaaiko

(Trailer with English subtitle) (日本語字幕付き予告編） 参考リンク　遺伝子組み換え作物と原発、危険性似ている、福島で撮影　仏映画監督（東京新聞）via facebook

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