On August 24, the Japanese government, ignoring the strong doubts and opposition of the international community, unilaterally and forcibly started the discharge of water contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear accident. Subsequently, the General Administration of China Customs released an announcement on the complete suspension of imports of aquatic products from Japan. From August 25, the State Administration for Market Regulation will increase the supervision of aquatic products food safety, and strictly prohibit food manufacturers and operators to purchase, use, process, prepare or sell aquatic products whose place of origin is Japan.

As early as 2011, China began the entry management of foods imported from Japan that may be affected by nuclear contamination in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Announcement on the Import Ban of Certain Foods and Agricultural Products from Japan clearly stated that the import of dairy products, vegetables and their products, fruits, aquatic animals and aquatic products from Fukushima Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture in Japan is prohibited.

In the same year, the Announcement on Further Strengthening the Inspection and Quarantine Supervision of Foods and Agricultural Products Imported from Japan (No. 44 of 2011) was released, Article 1 of which has more stringent provisions on the scope of regions, in addition to the above regions, it is also necessary to prohibit the import of foods, edible agricultural products and feed in the prefectures such as Miyagi Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo Prefecture.

However, the investigation found that since the beginning of this year, a number of businesses have been fined for selling foods from the radiation zones. Foshan Shunde Huiyanghang Department Store Co., Ltd. was fined 10,000 Yuan by the supervision department for selling and purchasing beverages produced in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, and was later included in the list of serious illegal and dishonest enterprises. The Heguangtongchen Convenience store in Shibei District of Qingdao was fined more than 19,000 Yuan for suspect of selling whiskey produced in Japan's nuclear radiation area, and the illegal gain were confiscated more than 14,000 Yuan. After investigation, there were a bottle of imported whiskey and a bottle of imported White State whiskey on sale on the shelves of the party's business premises, and no Chinese labels were found on the above two bottles of whiskey, according to the complaint that the whiskey was produced in Japan's nuclear radiation area.

Source: Guangming Net

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