South Korea: Discharge of contaminated water in Japan is imminent, food industry preparation for contraction of consumption

Independent members of the Citizens' Group are shouting slogans against the dumping of radioactive water from Fukushima in front of the Twin Tree Towers in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 12th. 2023.6.12/News 1 While Japan has started commissioning facilities for discharging radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the domestic food industry has begun to prepare for a contraction in seafood consumption and at the same time verify the safety of seafood products. On the 13th, according to the Shinan-gun Fisheries Cooperative Direct Store, it announced that the price of ‘Shinan Sea Salt 2021 Year 20 kg’ would increase by 20% from 25,000 won to 30,000 won from the 8th. Sinan-gun accounts for 85% of the nation's bay salt production, and orders to buy bay salt are increasing more than 100 times. There is a movement of stocking up on seafood among some consumers. Salt production has decreased as the number of working days in the salt farm has decreased due ...