Hong Kong to relax post-Fukushima ban on some Japanese food items

The Hong Kong government announced Friday it is relaxing a seven-year-old ban on food imports from four Japanese prefectures imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, according to the government gazette.Food items including vegetables, fruits, milk, milk beverages and milk formula from the four prefectures of Ibaraki, Tochigi, Chiba and Gunma will be allowed to be imported to Hong Kong starting at noon next Tuesday.Food imports from those prefectures will be allowed with a certificate attesting that the radiation levels do not exceed guideline levels and with an exporter c…READ FULL ARTICLE