USA’S FDA RESTRICTS IMPORTS OF DAIRY, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES FROM JAPAN
March 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States' Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has restricted the import of dairy, vegetable and fruit products from four northern prefectures of Japan affected by radiation leaks from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. These imports from Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures "will be detained upon entry into the United States," said the FDA, and then tested for contamination - they will then only be released if free from radiation. Also, spinach and kakina from these regions and milk from Fukushima will be ...
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