Hong Kong Curbs Japanese Food Imports on Fukushima Discharge
- Measures are to protect food safety and public health: Lee
- South Korea’s opposition also repeated complaints over plan
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Hong Kong will impose import curbs on seafood to seaweed from parts of Japan in response to a contentious plan to start releasing treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
Chief Executive John Lee said Tuesday he had “immediately instructed” officials to initiate import control measures to “protect Hong Kong’s food safety and public health.” The move threatens to impact a broad swath of products that contribute to an industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars in seafood exports to the Asian financial hub.