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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry

07-May-2012 15:29 IST

Food Products Imported from Japan

The details of food items imported from Japan are as under :

 

                                                                                          Quantity in Tons   Value in Rs. Lacs

Commodity	Apr'11-Jan'12 (Provisional)
	Quantity	Value
RICE	0.45	2.71
CEREAL PREPARATION	107	122
PULSES	6904	2178
TEA	3.32	18.48
MILK AND CREAM	324	573
RAW CASHEW NUTS	292	191
FRUITS & NUTS EXCL CASHEW NUTS	1621	1617
SPICES	464	1307
SUGAR	22	51
OIL SEEDS	0.05	0.15
VEGETABLE OILS FIXED (EDIBLE)	15817	9712

        

 All figures except Rice, Tea and Oil seeds have been rounded off             

Source: DGCI&S

:Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) following the earthquake in Japan and concerns of possible radiation leakage from affected nuclear plants, increased the surveillance of food imports from Japan to ensure that they are safe for consumption. FSSAI vide an advisory dated 15.03.2011 decided that as a precautionary measure, samples of food articles, particularly fresh produce, exported from Japan after 11.03.2011, such as seafood, fruits, vegetables and meat shall be tested for radioactive contamination before issuing NOC to the Customs. 

This information was given by Shri Jyotiradiya M. Scindia,  Minister of State for Commerce & Industry   in written reply to a question in  Lok    Sabha today.

DS/GK

Precautionary testing requirement: food imports from Japan must be tested for radioactive contamination before customs NOC. Regulators implemented a precautionary testing requirement for food imports from Japan: samples of seafood, fruits, vegetables and meat exported after the incident must be tested for radioactive contamination and cleared before a no objection certificate is issued for Customs clearance, alongside continued surveillance of other imported commodities.