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Importers are required to have a radiation-free certificates for food from Japan

As a result of nuclear radiation, the world obliges Japan to issue a policy on the quality of food or beverages that are exported to overseas. This policy is to ensure food safety in Japan that is free RADIATION RADIOACTIVE! see AMERICAN JAPANESE food bans

Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) requires importers of foodstuffs from Japan to include a radiation-free certificates from competent authorities in the countries concerned.

Kementan also preparing rules of food safety requirements are affected by radiation. Prepared a draft rule within two weeks was a continuation of the anxiety of contamination of food products imported from Japan after the leakage of nuclear reactors in Fukushima.

"In two weeks could draft was passed into Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture," said Head of the Agricultural Quarantine Ministry of Agriculture, Banun Harbini a press conference in his office, Ragunan, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

According Banun, discussion of the current rule tengan reviewed with relevant agencies such as the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM), ICRP, BAPETEN, and the Directorate General of Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Kementan.

While waiting for the entry into force provisions, the government said it would enforce the existing provisions in previous legislation. Import provisions that require the obligation for importers to attach a plant health certificate (Phytosanitary Certificate) and certificates of food safety (Food Safety / Health Certificate). "Before the new regulation, we live according to the procedures and equipment currently available," said Banun

The rules in question is Decree No. 0047/B/II/87 health of Necessity Including Health Certificate and Certification for Food Imports into the basis of the examination. This rule only requires that the implementation of regulations on food products such as milk and dairy products, fruit and fresh and processed vegetables, fish and fresh and processed seafood, meat and processed meat products, mineral water, Cereal, corn and barley flour.

In the field, Banun states Kementan will place the agricultural quarantine officers to check the test result certificate document radiation contamination in 51 Central Agricultural Quarantine in 33 Indonesian provinces

Kementan noted Japan is a trading partner for Indonesia for food products. In 2010, imports of agricultural products from Japan to Indonesia reached 650 frequencies with a volume of 689,386 tonnes of trade. This amount reached 0.05 percent of total imports of fresh food to Indonesia.

Most, national importers bring in food products in the form of fruits, vegetables and Cereal, meat and skin.

As is known, a number of countries in Asia such as South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines has implemented a contamination-free test of radiation contamination following the nuclear radiation disaster in Fukushima Japan.

Besides in Asia, countries in Europe and the United States also has increased its oversight of imported products from countries such Sakura.

Concerns the U.S. and a Japanese food importer countries arose after the Japanese government found radiation levels above the normal level found in milk and 11 kinds of vegetables in the area of ​​Fukushima. This is caused by a radiation leak at Nuclear Power Fukushima Daiichi happened since the quake and tsunami hit Japan, 11 March.

The Japanese government has also suspended food shipments from Fukushima and the surrounding area to several other prefectures in the country