Oh The United Kingdom will begin providing food imported from the Japanese city of Fukushima, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in 2011 since the 2011 Chernobyl eruption.
According to The Guardian, news came a few weeks ago that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had eaten popcorn from the town hall where the defunct nuclear plant was located.
Around the world, restrictions on food supplies from Fukushima continue due to levels of radiation in the land and water surrounding the nuclear plant. In the EU, there are still restrictions on products coming from the Japanese region – residents of Northern Ireland can no longer consume these foods.
After a meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Munich, Boris Johnson confirmed the deregulation on Wednesday.
The British Prime Minister, quoted in The Guardian, said that the United Kingdom and Japan are “two major democratic islands united in their values, committed to combating authoritarianism and the dangers of returning to the world, but want more cooperation in technology, security and trade”.
“And I’m happy tomorrow [quarta-feira]Finally, we can have Fukushima products in every UK store, ”said Boris Johnson.
Johnson’s announcement comes after the UK Food Supervision Commission relaxed the one – kilogram radioactivity limit on imported Japanese food – despite raising the limit on beckers (an International Radiological Organization unit) last year.
The same British newspaper, the big supermarket companies do not plan to sell products from Fukushima, so most of the products will be available in Japanese restaurants and stores in England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK has lifted these restrictions, affecting 23 products, including mushrooms, which previously had to be tested for radioactive material.
The Fukushima government guarantees that its ‘standards’ for food produced in the region are highly regulated and that products leaving the region are safe. The limit of 100 baht per kilo for some essential commodities such as meat and vegetables is stricter than the limits imposed by the European Union and the United States.
The Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred on March 11, 2011, and the earthquake and tsunami caused severe failures in three of the plant’s six nuclear reactors, leading to three explosions and widespread radioactive contamination of land and sea. Region. The crash forced the Japanese government to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and build tens of thousands of kilometers around the campus.
Ten years later, the area is now safe and diplomatic talks are underway between Japan and other countries to dump access to the Pacific Ocean.
Despite the small dimensions, thanks to the swift action of the Japanese government, the Fukushima nuclear disaster was the second largest in history since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
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