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Halt on food imports to Australia from Japan

Tests have revealed vastly elevated levels of radioactive iodine and caesium.

Imports of Japanese food halted, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 march 11, Australia’s food standards regulator has ordered a halt to Japanese food imports, such as sauces and seaweed, amid rising radiation concerns.As of Wednesday, the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service will implement a holding order on all foods from the Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures.Their major production is in milk, milk products, fresh fruit and vegetables, and both fresh and frozen seaweed and seafood……..

The move is in line with the United States, which restricted some dairy and vegetable imports earlier on Wednesday.

Europe is being urged to do the same, while Japan itself has stopped some of its own food exports from areas surrounding the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Tests have revealed vastly elevated levels of radioactive iodine and caesium.

But Australians have been given the go-ahead to buy Japanese foods currently on the shelves, given they were imported before the earthquake and tsunami.

Imports of Japanese food halted

March 24, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, safety