Hong Kong(China): Bans Aquatic Food Imports from 10 Japanese Prefectures
Administrative Region Government on the same day, in response to the Japanese government's unilateral decision to discharge nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, the Director of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has issued a Food Safety Order. The order prohibits the import of aquatic, sea salt, and seaweed food products originating from ten Japanese prefectures, including Tokyo, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano, and Saitama.