[Updated on Feb. 21, 2022]
The involved two notices released by Taiwan FDA come into effect on Feb 21, 2022.
View the details at ChemLinked Regulatory Database:
The Fukushima nuclear accident, occurred in 2011, was a huge disaster. In the same year, out of food safety reasons, Taiwan area banned1 the importation of foods from five Japanese prefectures, namely, Fukushima, where the disaster occurred, and neighboring areas, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Chiba. Now eleven years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, Taiwan intends to ease the restrictions on foods from Japan as revealed by two consultation drafts released on Feb 8, 2022.
Specified by the Taiwan FDA Notice No. 11113000642 and No. 11113000673, imported foods from the five Japanese prefectures will be subject to two supervision types, being banned or being allowed if provide radiation inspection certificates. Moreover, certain foods from other areas of Japan (e.g. infant food from Miyagi) also need to provide radiation inspection certificates once the draft gets approved. See details in the table below.
Be Banned | Shall provide radiation inspection certificates and apply for inspection from the inspection authority |
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Any feedbacks shall be sent to Taiwan FDA (contact email: lydialin1109@fda.gov.tw) within 10 days after the release of these two notices.