The Asahi Shimbun's front page reported that the Taiwan authorities announced today that, after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, they will cancel the "radiological testing reports" required for importing food from five prefectures, including Fukushima. After the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, the Taiwan region imposed import restrictions on food produced in the five prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Chiba. However, in September last year, the restrictions on all food were lifted.
However, it is still required that all food submit a "certificate of origin," and that the five prefectures including Fukushima provide a "radiological testing report."
According to statistics from the Taiwan region's Ministry of Health and Welfare, from 2011 to July this year, more than 260,000 Japanese-made food items were tested for radiological substances, all of which met the standards and passed.
Based on these results, we have determined that the risk of radiological substances is "negligible," and we have announced the policy of abolishing the requirement for "certificates of origin" and "radiological testing reports."
This means that we will solicit public opinions within the next 60 days and implement it.
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