The United States and European Union have changed the rules around the import of food from areas near Fukushima in Japan.
While the Food and Drug Administration has removed an import alert, the European Commission has amended regulations to modify checks on food imports.
In March 2011, an accident at
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File this one under: can you blame them? Canada acknowledges it enjoys fresh produce year-round because of imports.
But, according to an announcement today, starting on Oct. 7, 2020, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is requiring importers to either provide proof that romaine lettuce destined for import into Canada
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Food from Japan to Hong Kong is now being imported under eased and newly effective food safety protocols.
According to the Hong Kong Center for Food Safety (CFS), the 7-year-old order in response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster was recently amended. The CFS is a unit of Government
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