September 13, 2013

Vietnam removes radiation inspection requirement on Japanese food imports

Earlier this month, Vietnam lifted the radiation inspection requirement for fresh food imported from Japan, ending the measure taken after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011.

The measure which has been removed on September 1, had required that all imported fresh food originating from Fukushima, Ibaraki, and Tochigi prefectures be checked for radioactive materials and that samples of fresh food items from other parts of Japan be checked for radiation.

Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, during his visit to the country in May, had asked the Vietnamese authorities to lift the regulation.