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India slaps ban on all Japan food imports

NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday banned all food imports from Japan, citing fears over radioactive contamination from the country's nuclear disaster.

A government statement said the three-month ban could be extended until "such time as credible information is available that the radiation hazard has subsided to acceptable limit."


"Since the radiation is spreading/expanding horizontally in other parts of Japan, it may result in further radioactive contamination in the supply chain of food exports from Japan," the Indian government statement said.


Several countries, including China, Taiwan, Singapore and the United States, have banned shipments of produce from certain Japanese prefectures while others are monitoring radiation levels in Japanese shipments.

India, which is the first nation to impose a blanket ban, imports small quantities of fruits, vegetables and processed food from Japan.
The decision was taken after "detailed discussions" involving government nuclear, toxicology and customs officials, the government statement said.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India will carry out a weekly review of potential radiation hazards on food articles coming from Japan, the statement added.

More than three weeks after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, the crisis at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant northeast of Tokyo remains unresolved.

The plant's reactor cooling systems were knocked out, triggering explosions and fires.


The plant has sent radioactive material into the air, contaminating farm produce and drinking water. Radioactive water has seeped into the Pacific Ocean but officials stress there is no imminent health threat.


AFP: India slaps ban on all Japan food imports
 
India slaps ban on all Japan food imports

AFP: India slaps ban on all Japan food imports

How seriously will this ban impact India?
I mean is there much of Japanese food being imported into India? Except some Wasabi or Ajinomoto and minor stuff like that, or more correctly some limited imports to some Japanese speciality restaurants in 5 star hotels. But I have never heard of imports say of Kobe Beef being sold on supermarket shelves. And as it is Kobe Beef costs a king's ransom Can somebody in India confirm the effects of this; will it be a big deal?
 
How seriously will this ban impact India?
I mean is there much of Japanese food being imported into India? Except some Wasabi or Ajinomoto and minor stuff like that, or more correctly some limited imports to some Japanese speciality restaurants in 5 star hotels. But I have never heard of imports say of Kobe Beef being sold on supermarket shelves. And as it is Kobe Beef costs a king's ransom Can somebody in India confirm the effects of this; will it be a big deal?

India is making a big deal when India only imports very little food from the Japanese. China imports so much Japanese Foods and have not ban all Japanese imports.

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The country is currently testing rice and soft drink imports for radiation, the Times of India reported. The market for Japanese food imports in India is pretty small, so unclear whether this means other countries will be called to supply India while Japan is off limits.

Though import of food products from Japan is estimated at a little over $1 million during April-September 2010, the demand for fish and packed food products has picked up in recent years. Since October, the list of products that has entered the country from Japan included soybean curd, dried noodles, boiled mushrooms, radish paste, cooking sauces, roasted seaweed, flavouring extracts, tea bags, wheat flour, food additives and tofu. Now, these products would be off the shopping list. — The Times of India, April 5, 2011.
 
India is making a big deal when India only imports very little food from the Japanese. China imports so much Japanese Foods and have not ban all Japanese imports.

We can import for you people if you feel like. you want some?????
and why do you think that India should keep importing since China has'nt banned all the products it imports???? Any relation???
 

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