Taiwan: Food import ban in 5 Fukushima prefectures has been lifted; double certificates must be attached and batch-by-batch inspection is required, says the Food and Drug Administration

Published 2024년 9월 26일

Tridge summary

The Food and Drug Administration in Japan announced new measures for food imports on September 25, following a restriction by China on the import of certain products from the five prefectures of Fukushima due to radiation concerns. These new measures require food items from the restricted areas to have both a radiation inspection certificate and a certificate of origin to be allowed to enter China. The government's decision to adjust these food import control measures is based on scientific evidence, international standards, and the practices of advanced countries, while maintaining the ban on the export of products with restricted circulation in Japan to Taiwan.
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Original content

The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced new food import control measures in Japan on July 23 this year, and the announcement officially came into effect on September 25; China has restricted the import of wild bird and animal meat, rapeseed and mushroom raw materials from the five prefectures of Fukushima, Japan. Imports will be open from now on, but they must be accompanied by a radiation inspection certificate and a certificate of origin, and the border will be inspected batch by batch, and they can only be imported if they pass the inspection. Products with restricted circulation in Japan are still prohibited from being exported to Taiwan. Lin Jinfu, deputy director of the Food and Drug Administration, said that according to statistics from the Food and Drug Administration, since the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident in Japan on March 11, 2009, China has conducted border inspections of more than 230,000 batches of food exported from ...
Source: Agriharvest

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