HONG KONG: Hong Kong's environment and ecology department head said the city will ban seafood imports from 10 Japanese prefectures if Tokyo goes ahead with a plan to discharge treated radioa
Tse Chin-wan, Secretary for Environment and Ecology told reporters on Wednesday that a ban would include imports of all live, frozen, refrigerated, dried or otherwise preserved aquatic products, sea salt, and unprocessed or processed seaweed.
The measures come a day after Hong Kong leader John Lee said that the city would ban sea products from a"large number" of Japanese prefectures if Tokyo went ahead with the waste water discharge. The city is Japan's second largest market, after mainland China, for agricultural and fisheries exports. In 2022, Japan exported ¥75.5 billion worth of fishery products to Hong Kong, according to Japanese government statistics.
Japan's plan, approved by the UN nuclear watchdog, has faced opposition at home and abroad over concerns of food safety. The country insists the releases will be safe and meet global standards.
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