EU opens door again to fish and mushrooms from Fukushima region

Published Jul 13, 2023

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The European Union has lifted trade restrictions on Japanese products, following the announcement by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. This decision comes after determining that there is no longer any danger from the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. While the United States has already removed similar restrictions, countries like China and South Korea still have concerns about Japan's plan to discharge radioactive cooling water into the sea.

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The European Union lifts trade restrictions on the import of Japanese products. There is no longer any danger from the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. Fish, mushrooms and bamboo shoots from ten Japanese regions, among other things, are allowed back into the EU. After the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in March 2011, trade restrictions applied between Europe and Japan. The EU did not import products from ten Japanese regions because they could be radioactive. For products from other Japanese regions, it had to be proven that they did not come from an 'contaminated' area. The European Commission has decided that trade restrictions are no longer necessary. This was announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday. In 2021, the United States already ...

Source: Nu