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http://www.theonline...clear-accident/shit finally hits the fan for certain
The Japan Times reports, “Three hundred kilograms of the Koshihikari brand of rice produced in the city of Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, has arrived in Singapore, and will be sold at a supermarket from Friday after clearing customs, according to the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations.”
The Wall Street Journal reported that the rice “will be sold in five-kilogram bags at a local Japanese supermarket beginning this Friday.”
“We will check the rice thoroughly in Fukushima before shipping it overseas, and then the bags will undergo another check in Singapore,” a spokesman for the federation, known as Zen-noh, told Japan Real Time.
In May, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that Singapore would lift the 3-year ban on Japanese food products from Fukushima with “immediate effect” during the visit by his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe. (See here.)
The lifting of the ban then raised health concerns from members of the public in Singapore. When questioned about this, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said food products imported from Japan are safe for consumption.
A member of the public asked the AVA on its Facebook page then if the agency would impose “prominent labelling” of such foods in Singapore, with labels to indicate that such food products are “Imported from Fukushima” so that consumers can make informed choices.
still no requirements for eateries or restaurants to state anything.
