FDA Adds Link on Radionuclide in Food to Q&A on Safety of Japan's Food
On April 11, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration updated its question and answer document on what it is doing to ensure the safety of products imported from Japan to add a link to a webpage on FDA standards for…
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radionuclides in food and to reorder other cited documents. The Q&A continues to state that all milk and milk products and vegetables and fruits produced or manufactured from the four Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma will be detained upon entry into the U.S. They will not be allowed to enter the U.S. food supply, unless shown to be free from radionuclide contamination, with the exception of the specific products restricted by the Government of Japan. Those products will be refused admission into the US. (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/05/11, 03/30/11, 03/28/11, 03/22/11 and 03/24/11 news, 11040529, 11032813, 11032813, 11032225, and 11032438, for previous BP summaries of the Q&A and FDA's import alert on the topic.)