EU Drops Import Restrictions on Japanese Food Impacted by Nuclear Incident

The EU on July 13 removed import restrictions on certain food from Japan that had been in place since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident. The European Council said the move follows "positive results from controls done on the products" by the Japanese government and EU member states. Following 2011, the bloc tested food products for radioactivity pre-export. By 2021, the restrictions were limited to "wild mushrooms, some fish species and wild edible plants." The U.K. lifted similar restrictions last year (see 2206290022).