![]() The IA was designed to match Japan’s restrictions at the prefecture level. In the wake of the disaster, the Government of Japan determined that certain food products in affected prefectures were not fit for human consumption, due to the public health risk associated with radionuclide contamination and prohibited those food products from sale (both within Japan and for export).įDA responded by issuing the IA, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Products from Japan due to Radionuclide Contamination.” The basis for the IA is section 801(a)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which states that FDA-regulated products are subject to refusal and will be refused admission into the United States if the products appear to be forbidden or restricted for sale in the country in which they were produced or from which they were exported. ![]() The force of the tsunami destroyed a great deal of the infrastructure along portions of the Japanese coast, including the Fukushima plant, and damage to the plant released radiological contamination to the surrounding areas. On March 11, 2011, a 9-magnitude earthquake triggering an approximately 40-foot tsunami struck the Pacific Coast of Japan. state) located near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant since 2011. ![]() Today FDA is deactivating Import Alert #99-33 (IA) that has targeted certain food products from Japanese prefectures (Japan’s equivalent of a U.S.
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