China lifts its ban on some food from Japan
By Lu Feiran |
June 21, 2011, Tuesday
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China has lifted its ban on food imports from two prefectures in Japan, officials said yesterday.
Food, farm products and animal feed produced in the Yamanashi and Yamagata prefectures after May 22 can now be allowed into the country, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.
The decision was made after "analysis of the radiation pollution caused by the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on the food and farm products in surrounding areas."
Of the prefectures earlier included in China's ban, Yamanashi and Yamagata were relatively farther away from Fukushima and officials now believe that their food and other products are safe.
Japan will also not have to provide radiation test certificates for some food and agricultural products from areas not covered by the import ban, excluding fresh foods such as vegetables, fruits, dairy and aquatic products, officials said.
After the nuclear crisis arose, the bureau ruled that all food imported from Japan needed to be certified as having passed radiation quality tests.
At present the country is still banning food imports from 10 prefectures due to possible nuclear pollution.
In late March, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, China banned imports of some Japanese food products amid fears of radiation contamination.
The ban covered dairy, aquatic and vegetable products and fruit.
At that time, Japan stopped shipments of vegetables and milk from near the stricken nuclear plant, while Singapore, Australia, the United States, and China's Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau all restricted food imports from Japan.
In early April, China expanded its ban on imported food and farm produce from the original five prefectures of Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki and Chiba to 12 prefectures.
Last month, Premier Wen Jiabao signaled, when he visited Japan, that China was willing to ease restrictions on food imports.
During the same visit, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming also said that officials would carry out inspections based on scientific evidence but that the country wanted to increase the volume of food imports from Japan.
Food, farm products and animal feed produced in the Yamanashi and Yamagata prefectures after May 22 can now be allowed into the country, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.
The decision was made after "analysis of the radiation pollution caused by the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on the food and farm products in surrounding areas."
Of the prefectures earlier included in China's ban, Yamanashi and Yamagata were relatively farther away from Fukushima and officials now believe that their food and other products are safe.
Japan will also not have to provide radiation test certificates for some food and agricultural products from areas not covered by the import ban, excluding fresh foods such as vegetables, fruits, dairy and aquatic products, officials said.
After the nuclear crisis arose, the bureau ruled that all food imported from Japan needed to be certified as having passed radiation quality tests.
At present the country is still banning food imports from 10 prefectures due to possible nuclear pollution.
In late March, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, China banned imports of some Japanese food products amid fears of radiation contamination.
The ban covered dairy, aquatic and vegetable products and fruit.
At that time, Japan stopped shipments of vegetables and milk from near the stricken nuclear plant, while Singapore, Australia, the United States, and China's Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau all restricted food imports from Japan.
In early April, China expanded its ban on imported food and farm produce from the original five prefectures of Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki and Chiba to 12 prefectures.
Last month, Premier Wen Jiabao signaled, when he visited Japan, that China was willing to ease restrictions on food imports.
During the same visit, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming also said that officials would carry out inspections based on scientific evidence but that the country wanted to increase the volume of food imports from Japan.
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