http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110416p2g00m0dm013000c.htmlBEIJING (Kyodo) -- China has effectively halted the import of all food and agricultural products from Japan due to concerns over radiation contamination, despite ostensibly only banning such items from 12 prefectures of eastern Japan, sources familiar with Sino-Japanese relations said Friday.
China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has since April 8 been requiring that importers of food and agricultural products provide it with documents issued by the Japanese government when applying for quality inspection and quarantine at customhouses across China, including certificates for radioactivity-free inspection and for places of origin.
But Japan currently has no central government agencies that issue such documents.
It has asked China to instead accept documents issued by private inspection organizations that certify food items do not contain radiation above allowed levels, and to accept certificates of origin issued by local governments instead of by the central government.
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looks like someone does not believe the Happy Talk