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Hong Kong 'Loophole' May Have Flooded China With Radioactive Japanese Foods

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And the 'incidents' just keep coming for Japan. Lax safety checks at Kwai Chung container terminal - the only sea entry point for food from overseas - have allowed banned imports from Japan to enter Hong Kong, according to Democratic Party lawmaker Helena Wong Pik-wan. As The South China Morning Post reports, radioactive contaminated food may have been entering the city unnoticed for years because of deficiencies in safety controls on fresh produce since the ban following the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident in 2011.

 

 

Democratic Party lawmaker Helena Wong Pik-wan said, as The Soth China Morning Post reports, food safety surveillance was too relaxed at the Kwai Chung container terminal - the only sea entry point for food from overseas - as it relied heavily on the importer taking the initiative.

Radioactive contaminated food may have been entering the city unnoticed for years because of deficiencies in safety controls on fresh produce brought in by sea.

 

Food imported by sea does not go through routine checks at the dock as the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has no food inspection checkpoint at the terminal. Food imported by air, however, is tested for radiation at the airport.

 

Food imported by sea is inspected by health officers only when it is moved to storage areas by importers, according to the department. This would allow some food importers to avoid inspection, Wong said.

 

She cited a case in January, when 10 boxes of Japanese carrots from Chiba, one of five prefectures from which imports of vegetables and fruits have been banned since the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident in 2011, entered the city by sea.

 

One box was sold and two other boxes were found for sale in the Yau Ma Tei wholesale fruit market when food safety officers acted on a complaint.

 

"It has exposed... loopholes in our food safety system," Wong said. "We do not know if there is more banned food being sold in the city that has not been discovered by the government."

The loophole is significant...

Since importers are only required to complete the import declarations within 14 days after the importation under the Import and Export Ordinance, "some small importers" would not bother to alert food inspectors and simply sell their perishable produce before health officers obtained the details of the declaration, a source said.

 

"If the health officers want to conduct checks after getting the details of the import declaration, but the imported food is already distributed in the market for sale, how can the health officers trace the food and conduct checks?" the source said.

Hong Kong imported 15,093 tonnes of vegetables and fruit from Japan by sea last year, about 0.8 per cent of total vegetables and fruit imports by sea.

Since March 2011, the department had stepped up surveillance of fresh produce imported from Japan such as milk, vegetables and fruits, to examine radiation levels, a spokesman said.

 

Kowloon Fruit and Vegetable Merchants Association vice-chairman Cheung Chi-cheung said importers had to notify the department for inspection whenever they picked up the goods. He also did not comment on whether there might be a loophole in the inspection system.

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Once again it seems Japanese falsehoods are at the center of another potential international issue... no we are not devaluing our currency... no Fukushima is safe... no radiation leaks are under control... no the economy is proceeding on a moderate pace of recovery... no the US alliance is not antagonistic, we are pacifists... and now no the food we sent you is not radioactive...

 

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Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:22 | 6064317 blindman
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6FsTIq6ls
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free market [principles have a potential
down side, no?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:40 | 6064363 jaap
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No procedures in HK to test every now and then?

Or corrupted as well?

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:45 | 6064372 MonetaryApostate
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So long ChinaMart! (E.g. WalMart)

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 23:37 | 6064497 Urban Roman
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I wonder if that wand is sensitive to alpha, beta, and gamma; or just gamma?

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 02:44 | 6064705 BlackChicken
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What comes around goes around.

Cadmium laced kids jewelry, melamine laced baby formula and pet food, radioactive drywall...etc.

China is due for a Karma-geddon

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 06:40 | 6064846 Arnold
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Seldom is my mind read so well, Mr Chicken.

Back off a bit, you scare me.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 23:00 | 6064412 Oh regional Indian
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This is the wake up call to all those who trust the system.

Even the Japanese, who have a global image of propriety are scumbags.

That said, the Fukushima story itself is so beyond strange now, like a bad script gone horribly wring and now no one wants to finish the movie.

Wheels with-in wheels. Japan is definitely being made to join th ehated ones again, only this time the 4th Reich is parterering it via it's new home base ;-)

Meanwhile, Sequence 14...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYBO6cJUsFA

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 23:48 | 6064518 DeadFred
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The strangest part of this story is reading that Japan EXPORTS food. The country can't come close to feeding itself and has preserved farmland (and votes) by huge subsidies to farmers. Yet somehow they can export their overpriced fruit to China? Go figure.

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 03:58 | 6064751 old naughty
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...and not just to China...

on the other hand, GMO alerts have been around for quite sometimes...

are we cycling / re-cycling again and again, or what?

To think back when Atlantis was "sliding" into the seas, WE were no different then, trusting science, and authorities, no?

http://www.zengardner.com/atlantis-true-story/

 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:24 | 6064323 pitchforksanonymous
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Long Duck Dong . . . Sum Ting Wong.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:54 | 6064395 AIIB
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Soyrent Green

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:25 | 6064326 TeamDepends
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Democratic leader Helena Pak-Man says radioactive tasty food allowed entry for years. She outraged, yet continue to stuff into big fat mouth....

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:28 | 6064338 Trucker Glock
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And wash it down with milk, despite being lactose intolerant.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:26 | 6064333 Chupacabra-322
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Heheheh, glow in the dark Chinks.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:27 | 6064334 heisenberg991
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Nothing wrong with glowing green veggies...until you die lol

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:31 | 6064346 DollarMenu
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Don't look for the Japanese people to do anything,

it's illegal for them to even question the government's stance on anything related to Fukishima.

 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:43 | 6064369 suteibu
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The locals don't buy food from Chiba (or any of the other affected prefectures) so I guess they have to sell it somewhere.  Of course, the government won't restrict it. 

In the end, caveat emptor is still the rule of thumb in business.  As it should be. 

Great PR for the Chinese and shame for the Japanese.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:33 | 6064353 reader2010
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super duper kkk...krispy nuked food is essential; therefore, make it good.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:38 | 6064359 Moccasin
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An entire ocean has been polluted and ruined as a food source for humanity and nothing is being done about. Dither some moar with apathy.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:39 | 6064360 apberusdisvet
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We should not be smug.  Fuku radiation is all over the US; in the air water, plants, crops.etc.  Plus no Pacific marine life is safe to eat; what little there is left.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:40 | 6064361 Son of Loki
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The Leaders are probably hoping for taller soldier recruits. Unfortunately, they'll get higher leukemia, and thyroid and brain cancer rates instead.

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 01:30 | 6064659 Joenobody12
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Already happening in Japan. Kids thyroid cancer rate jumped.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:46 | 6064373 Atomizer
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Same Central Banking Cartel money laundering shifting money to make more money under TPP treaty that Obama wants to run through Congress in the basement under complete transparency. /sarc 

Giving you some comedy regarding Google eye glassware and how the Japanese thought they got it better. Enjoy the laugh. 

 

SONY SmartEyeGlass - PARODY

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqJl4vxEN0

Stop getting pissed, enjoy the mistakes they make at your expense. Then we can prosecute these fucker's. 

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 22:49 | 6064379 WTFUD
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Makes me giggle. The chinese are concerned about japanese food products but allow a KFC to open every week.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 23:03 | 6064424 Budnacho
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I for one will welcome our Mega-Irradiated Chinese Super-Mutant Sodliers *with real Chi-Com action and loud report*

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 23:10 | 6064438 tarabel
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Five boxes of carrots is hardly going to wipe out a billion people. In fact, they are probably healthier than the local made-in-toxic-wasteland produce.

As for Fukushima sterilizing the population of California, Oregon, and Washington, I can only say that we should be so lucky.

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 00:01 | 6064540 hairball48
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"As for Fukushima sterilizing the population of California, Oregon, and Washington, I can only say that we should be so lucky."

Amen!

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 00:06 | 6064545 Salsipuedes
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Schadenfreude is a growth business.

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 23:22 | 6064458 Salsipuedes
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Konichiwa! Welcome to the New Normal! My name is Abe!  May I recommend the Fuku-blue tuna with a massive shot of Saki and some Haitian Blue Mountain coffee with a twist of chrystal blue cyanide for desert? Ahhh...Domo...puto!

Tue, 05/05/2015 - 23:19 | 6064461 williambanzai7
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Cesium crackers anyone?

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 01:05 | 6064631 Atomizer
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Only entitled EBT cardholders decide the color of cracker you eat. 

Dave Chappelle The Black White Supremacist Full Video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u__W0Qa8v0k


Wed, 05/06/2015 - 01:10 | 6064639 Atomizer
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Only entitled EBT cardholders decide the color of cracker you eat. 

Dave Chappelle The Black White Supremacist Full Video

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u__W0Qa8v0k


Wed, 05/06/2015 - 00:44 | 6064598 Dr. Bonzo
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Our produce comes from mainland China. Irradiated anything from Japan is positively godly compared to that shit....

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 00:54 | 6064614 Atomizer
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TPP will fall into WTO ordinance. Don't be fooled. CDC is laping their mouths. So is ObamaCare. Complete fraud at a executive level. 

That's the plan, let it pass so you can get ass fucked again. 

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 01:51 | 6064676 suteibu
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I disagree.  The TPP will operate outside the WTO under its own (US and multinational corporate) authority.  That is kind of the whole point of it.

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 22:05 | 6067828 TeethVillage88s
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Like that Guy Prober putting his probe into the mouth of Chinese, or like US TBTJ Bankers & FED putting their Probe into the mouth of US Taxpayers and FRN Users/Pensioners/all Generations through Inflation of Housing, and accompanying Property Tax, Home Insurance, Home & Multi Dwelling Housing Prices, and Inflation of USD.

News: Inflation of USD, US Health Care, US Auto Prices, US Education, US Housing, US Utilities, and US Food... this is BAD for normal US People that face increase in Labor Supply while seeing Decrease in Labor Compensation & Big Percentages of Job Losses.

BAD, BAD, BAD

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 03:28 | 6064733 HYMN
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Just a warm up this story of radiation from Japan is going to get a lot worse. And more and more "exposure" from the media. It's not a "normal" pollutant that gets diluted or can be easily seen and cleaned up, oh it does dissapate, it's half life is only 250,000 years. 

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 05:34 | 6064813 Nana
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Another "Nanking"!!!!!!

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 06:27 | 6064831 1stepcloser
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we fukushima'd some folks

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 07:20 | 6064887 JessieSharpton
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We irradiated some folks.

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 08:34 | 6065059 Mike Honcho
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Tisk tisk Tyler, let's use our commas: no, we are not devaluing our currency... no, Fukushima is safe... no, radiation leaks are under control... no, the economy is proceeding on a moderate pace of recovery... no, the US alliance is not antagonistic, we are pacifists... and now no, the food we sent you is not radioactive...

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 09:47 | 6065378 p00k1e
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Awesome.   Japan nailed them! 

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 21:57 | 6067806 TeethVillage88s
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Well... They seemed to need some Focus on the Issue anyway.

- Japan is under Mind Control, they can even smell their own bowel movements at this point
- China has no doubt made pollution prosecutions and reforms, but think they have bias to protect party member capitalist, and wealthy capitalists...

There are like 20 Asia Treaties for Trade, maybe they can amend these to include how to handle Nuclear Accidents in Asia, International Support, IMF/WB Support, AIIB Support, ASEAN Support, etc.

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 05:47 | 6068416 wildfry
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This article is ridiculous. Living here in Hong Kong the red tape involved in food imports is incredibly complicated. For example food labelling laws are stricter than EU or US so each food item needs to have all sections crossed out where nutritional data is exagerated. Hong Kong acts as a gateway for many goods into China. China hates Japan and any excuse for a blanket ban on Japanese goods is popular and taken. Yes, Hong Kong offers a loophole for some Japanese food produce to get in through the blanket ban, NO nuclear toxic dangerous food is not pouring into China through a chaotic and corrupt trading station called Hong Kong. How about some real journalism please.

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