From August 24th, import ban!

Tse Chin-wan, Secretary for Environment and Ecology of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said on the 22nd that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government will ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama from August 24, due to Japan's start of nuclear contaminated water discharge. 

This includes all live, frozen, refrigerated, dried or otherwise preserved aquatic products, sea salt and unprocessed or processed seaweed. At the same time, the Hong Kong Food and Safety Center will step up testing of Japanese food, and the Environment Bureau will release the results of radiation tests on food and water every day.

Macao announced a ban on food imports from 10 prefectures of Japan on August 24.

The Macao SAR government expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Japanese government's announcement that water contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be discharged into the sea on April 24. In order to ensure the food safety and health of Macao residents, the SAR Government will take necessary measures to ban the import of fresh food, food of animal origin, sea salt and seaweed from 10 prefectures of Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano, Saitama and Tokyo from August 24, 2023. Including vegetables, fruits, milk and dairy products, aquatic products and aquatic products, meat and its products, poultry eggs, etc.

The Municipal Services Department of the Macao SAR Government will also step up inspections of retail outlets in the market, mainly for non-staple food imported from other places in Japan without inspection and quarantine, such as rice, seaweed, tea, snacks and other pre-packaged food, which will be tested with portable radiometer, and food samples will be taken for radionuclide detection. In order to enhance information transparency and strengthen science popularization education, the Municipal Services Department will launch a special webpage on "Food Safety Inspection" from tomorrow. Apart from releasing radiation detection data every day, it will also publicize science popularization to the community through graphic packages, posts and videos.

Foreign Ministry: China will take all necessary measures to safeguard food safety and people's health.

On October 22, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin held a regular press conference. A reporter asked about the release of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. Before the launch of the plan, China tightened import controls on Japanese food.

The Japanese government officially decided on the 22nd to start the sea discharge, will the Chinese government consider introducing new control measures?

Wang Wenbin said that the Chinese government insists that the people come first, and relevant departments will take all necessary measures to safeguard food safety and the health of the Chinese people.

Wang Wenbin stressed that we strongly urge the Japanese side to correct its wrong decision, cancel the plan to release nuclear-contaminated water to the sea, communicate with its neighbors in good faith, properly dispose of nuclear-contaminated water in a responsible manner and accept strict international supervision.