According to an announcement made by Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) on Jul. 20, 2018, Hong Kong is now permitting importation of vegetables, fruit, milk & milk beverages and milk powder from Ibaraki, Tochigi, Chiba and Gunma since Jul. 24, provided that the following documents are attached:
Radiation certificate issued by Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Exporter certificate issued by MAFF
These 2 documents are used to prove that the radioactivity of food from those 4 counties meet Codex requirements and the even more stringent Japanese standard. Hong Kong CFS will increase the stringency of inspections conducted on vegetable, fruit and dairy products from those 4 counties, and the testing results will be updated on the CFS official website each workday.
In Mar, 2011, Hong Kong instituted a ban on the import of vegetable, fruit, dairy product and milk powder from Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Chiba and Gunma, shortly after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Chilled/frozen game, meat poultry, poultry eggs and live/chilled/frozen aquatic products can be imported if a radiation certificate is attached. It is important to note that foods from Fukushima, the region in which the nuclear reactor was located are still banned in Hong Kong.
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