Import Alert Name:

Reason for Alert:

On March 11, 2011, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake triggering a 30 ft tsunami struck the Pacific Coast of Japan. The force of the tsunami destroyed a great deal of the infrastructure along portions of the Japanese coast. The most notable damage from the tsunami affected the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The following prefectures are in the closest proximity to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant: Fukushima, Gunma Ibaraki, and Tochigi.

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Guidance:

Products from the indicated prefectures:

AOMORI PREFECTURE:

Wild Mushrooms

CHIBA PREFECTURE:

Shitake mushrooms (Log-grown);
Common Carp;
Silver Crucian Carp;
Eel;
Boar

FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE:

Raw Milk;
Wild Aralia Sprout;
Bamboo Shoot;
Non-head type leafy vegetables (i.e. Japanese Mustard Spinach (Komatsuna), Garland Chrysanthemum, Qing-geng-cai, Potherb Mustard (Mizuna), Leaf Lettuce (red), Spinach and other non-heading leafy vegetables);
Head type leafy vegetables (i.e. Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage and Lettuce);
Flower head brassicas Vegetables (i.e. Broccoli and Cauliflower);
Chestnuts;
Wild Japanese Butterbur Scrape;
Japanese Royal Fern;
Kiwi Fruit;
Koshiabura (wild tree sprout);
Log-grown Shitake mushrooms;
Log-grown Pholiota Nameko (outdoor cultivation)
Wild Mushroom;
Ostrich Fern;
Pteridium Aquilinum (bracken fern);
Rice;
Turnips;
Ume;
Giant Butterbur;
Wild Uwabamisou;
Yuzu Fruit
Salmon (landlocked) (excluding farm raised);
Common Carp (excluding farm raised);
Dace;
Eel; Whitespotted Char (excluding farm raised);
Bear meat;
Beef;
Boar;
Cooper Pheasant;
Green Pheasant;
Hare Meat;
Spot-Billed Duck

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