Food Products Imported from Japan.

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..... Food Products Imported from Japan.
News and Press Release
Dated:- 7-5-2012

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 07-May-2012 15:29 IST Food Products Imported from Japan The details of food items imported from Japan are as under : Quantity in Tons Value in Rs. Lacs Commodity Apr'11-Jan'12 (Provisional) Quantity Value RICE 0.45 2.7 .....

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..... 1 CEREAL PREPARATION 107 122 PULSES 6904 2178 TEA 3.32 18.48 MILK AND CREAM 324 573 RAW CASHEW NUTS 292 191 FRUITS & NUTS EXCL CASHEW NUTS 1621 1617 SPICES 464 1307 SUGAR 22 51 OIL SEEDS 0.05 0.15 VEGETABLE OILS FIXED (EDIBLE) 15817 9712 All figures except Rice, Tea and Oil seeds have been rounded off Source: DGCI&S :Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ( .....

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..... FSSAI) following the earthquake in Japan and concerns of possible radiation leakage from affected nuclear plants, increased the surveillance of food imports from Japan to ensure that they are safe for consumption. FSSAI vide an advisory dated 15.03.2011 decided that as a precautionary measure, samples of food articles, particularly fresh produce, exported from Japan after 11.03.2011, such as seafo .....

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..... od, fruits, vegetables and meat shall be tested for radioactive contamination before issuing NOC to the Customs. This information was given by Shri Jyotiradiya M. Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. DS/GK
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