THAILAND’s FDA is holding back from taking any immediate action following the discharge of wastewater coming from Japan’s damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant on August 24.
Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held talks with the Department of Fisheries, the Office of Atoms for Peace, and the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology regarding the potential contamination of seafood due to wastewater.
The agency’s deputy secretary-general clarified that the fisheries department officials and the FDA will inspect all incoming food for signs of radioactive materials that could exceed Thailand’s safety standards.
Furthermore, shipments failing the safety inspection will be sent back and additional imports will be halted.
So far, none of the 4,375 seafood samples collected from Fukushima in the past year showed radioactive materials exceeding the safety level, as per Japan’s Public Health Ministry.
Thailand’s FDA and associated agencies plan to double the volume of seafood samples collected for radioactive material detection to strengthen consumer confidence in their safety.
The first shipment of Japanese seafood after the wastewater discharge took place will arrive in mid-September.
