Taiwan: Relaxing import restrictions on Japanese food:
-Announced products from 5 prefectures (Taiwan)-
February 09, 2022
Executive Yuan of Taiwan:
In March 2011, an accident occurred at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
Relax import restrictions:
In Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma, Ibaraki, Chiba prefecture,
It was imposed on produced and processed foods,
Announced relaxation of import restrictions.
On February 8, it announced a plan to ease import restrictions.
Taiwan’s import suspension:
Until now, Taiwan has suspended imports of foods produced in five prefectures, except for alcoholic beverages.
Taiwan’s import easing:
(1) Being based on scientific evidence,
(2) Demanding stricter than international standards,
(3) Protecting the food safety of the people,
Based on the “three principles” and “three measures,” import restrictions will be relaxed for 11 years.
–JETRO
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Zhengyuan: Adjusting Japan’s food import control measures to strictly control the health of the Chinese people with “three principles and three packages”
Date: 111-02-08
Source: Press and Communication Office Executive Yuan Political Councilor and SpokespersonLuo Bingcheng held a meeting today (8)
on “Japan’s Food Import Control Measures” with Deng Zhenzhong,
Political Councilor,
Minister of Health and Welfare
Chen Shizhong,
Minister of Economic Affairs
Wang Meihua,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wu Zhaoxie,
Chairman of the Executive Yuan Agriculture Committee Chen Jizhong.“Press conference.
A spokesman for Luo said that
most countries in the world have relaxed the control of Japanese food,
and Taiwan must keep pace with the times under the principle of returning to scientific evidence.According to the “Three Principles and Three Supports”,
the 11-year-old control measures for Japanese food have been reasonably adjusted,
and in accordance with the legal authorization of Article 4, Item 5 of the “Food Safety and Hygiene Management Law”,
relevant notices will be released today.
Program, looking forward to “replacing the old with the new” in the future, striving for stability, removing obstacles, and heading towards the goal of connecting with the world.
More than 40 countries,
including the 11 member states of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),
have been fully deregulated.
Among them,
the United States,
Singapore,
Israel and other countrieshave also joined the ranks of complete deregulation in 2021, while the EU has significantly deregulated.
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