Update on food from Japan

13 April 2011

The European Commission has produced a new set of tighter limits for radionuclides for food originating in Japan. The Regulation updates Regulation 297/2011 by requiring food imported from Japan to comply with the Japanese limits on radionuclides, which are more stringent than the limits imposed by the European Commission. The new Regulation also clarifies that fishery products sourced from the coastal areas of the 12 prefectures affected by the nuclear crisis also require an attestation, irrespective of the location of establishment from which they are exported.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 351/2011 of 11 April 2011,
amending Regulation (EU) No 297/2011 imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station, is available here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:097:0020:0023:EN:PDF

A Corrigendum to the above Regulation is available here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:098:0016:0016:EN:PDF