TOKYO: Taiwan will ease restrictions on imports of Japanese food products, including seafood from areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo’s ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said on Wednesday ( Sep 25 ).
Following the imposition of a blanket ban next year over the release of water from the strength train, which was hit by a storm in 2011, Beijing last week announced that it would “gradually profile” importing shrimp from Japan.
According to a statement from the department,” Now, the Taiwanese officials announced the pleasure of transfer control measures for Asian food products” following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident.
That includes removing import restrictions on products like crazy animal meat and mushrooms from five regions, including Fukushima, with the requirement that nuclear material examination reports and certificates of source be submitted, according to the statement.
Without a nuclear materials inspection report, sea products from the northern Iwate and Miyagi prefectures close to Fukushima may be exported.
Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration stated in a short see on its website on Wednesday that the trade regulations “are revised and take effect soon.”
Goods” should be accompanied by radiation testing credentials” from Fukushima and four different regions, the recognize said, adding that the laws will be applied “based on the day of exports”.