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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Justin McCurry in Tokyo

UK to lift import restrictions on food from Fukushima

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Tesco and Waitrose have said they have no immediate plans to sell Fukushima produce. Photograph: Hiro Komae/AP

Food from Fukushima will be freely available in the UK from Wednesday, weeks after Boris Johnson snacked on popcorn from the Japanese prefecture hit by a triple nuclear meltdown in March 2011.

Britain restricted Fukushima imports after the disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, but has gradually lifted them, even as other countries limit or ban produce from the region.

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