April 14, 2011

Vietnam inspects seafood exports for radiation

Some EU countries have asked Vietnamese seafood companies to inspect the radiation level in their products before exporting them to this tight market.

On April 8, the Binh Thuan Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers said that the EU has been worried about the risk of radiation from Japan, so Vietnamese seafood exports to France and Italy have been thoroughly inspected.

In future, other EU nations will also require Vietnamese seafood exports to be inspected for radiation.

Vietnam expects to earn seafood export revenues of US$5.7 billion-$5.8 billion compared with US$5.5 billion last year.