Kota Bharu silver arowana Fukushima food imports ban lifted but AVA still conducting checks
silver arowana Fukushima food imports ban lifted but AVA still conducting checks
SINGAPORE: Two months after the ban on Fukushima food imports was lifted, import levels are at 5,300 tonnes, comparable to pre-ban import levels of 5,900 tonnes.Even with the lifting of the ban, Singapores Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is still conducting checks to ensure the food is free from radiation. The checks cover 300 kilogrammes of rice from Fukushima, which will go on sale at Meidi-Ya supermarket on Friday (Aug 22). Each five-kilogramme packet costs S$38.50.
AVA said seafood, berries and mushrooms from areas near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are still not allowed into Singapore. All Japanese food imports have to pass radiation checks before they can be sold.
Since January last year, AVA has not found any radiation in the food samples it tested.
- CNA/by
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What do you think? Safe?
==comments==
What expertise are deploy to firstly authentic that the foods are safe?,
at $38.50 for 5kg?, I seem to remember that they were restriction selling their rice as japanese were against the ideal of sellling rice to other countries, either than consumption of their own......has that been resolve or was it just a passing remark that I have read?
if thats true then shouldnt precaution be taken?
The Chernobyl "accident", ....its said that traces are said to still linger even to this present day....and how many years ago was that?
>I have a japanese client.. he told me that they themselve dont eat anything that come from there.. or even nearby
>profit over life. Marang Aquarium，
a giant fish
