Japanese food importers have criticized the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Health Agency that did not cooperate with the Hong Kong government's new policy to increase their hands, so that seafood imported from Japan has not been tested for more than 12 hours in Hong Kong.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and the Internet media "Hong Kong 01" reported that since the Hong Kong Government issued instructions at the end of last month, it is required that when aquatic products from 10 cities in Japan are imported in Hong Kong, all personnel of the FEHD must be carried out by personnel of the FEHD.In the test, many Japanese food importers and suppliers in Hong Kong were affected.However, in order to ensure the safety of Hong Kong citizens, it was necessary to do it in accordance with the official instructions.
Some Japanese food importers said that after the personnel of the Food and Food Department were inspected, they notified the truck to go away.However, on Thursday (September 14) at 11 am, aquatic foods that arrived in Hong Kong in Japan were placed in the airport cargo yard. Until 2 am on Friday (15th), there were no personnel from the Food Division Department for testing.A box of boxes of food are piled up in the cargo yard, and Japanese food importers are worried about the deterioration of aquatic products.There were truck drivers at the scene inquired about the FEHD and Food Safety Center. The reply obtained was to let the driver wait.
It is reported that food from Japan was originally only a random inspection, but one of the boxes of the goods from one of the embargo has been found since last week. The official has strengthened the inspection and each box is verified.However, the personnel responsible for the testing department were seriously inadequate. There were only one in the morning and only one in the morning and night shifts. It was impossible to complete the box detection in normal times.
According to the press release issued by the FEHD, it is derived from 10 counties in Tokyo, Fukushima, Ibishi, Miyagi, Chiba, Kunma, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano, and Saitama, and are inAugust 24, 2023 or after the harvest, manufacturing, processing, or packaging of the living, freezing, refrigeration, drying, or alpine salt preserved in other ways, and seaweed that is not processed or processed.Supply in Hong Kong.As for other Japanese aquatic products, sea salt, and seaweed that have not been prohibited in Hong Kong, and seaweed that has not been processed or processed, the food security center will also conduct a full radiation level test.Market supply.
The press release also pointed out that according to the current observation, most of the testing time for imported water from Japan is roughly the same as in the past. Most of them can be completed in about one hour. TogetherIt can also be completed within three to four hours.
Japanese food importers believe that the Hong Kong government has not cooperated with new policies to increase people, and even waiting for the time of inspection.In the case of insufficient manpower, it is impossible to complete the box -based testing in normal times. They are worried that aquatic products will deteriorate, causing major losses, and urging the FEHD to increase their hands for testing.
