Japan has allowed the sale of certain seafood products from Fukushima prefecture, several months after imposing a ban on the products due to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Currently, Octopus and whelk, a kind of marine snail, were chosen for sale as initial testing revealed no detectable amounts of radioactive caesium, according to the Fukushima Prefectural fishing co-operative.
However, Flounder, sea bass and other fish from Fukushima cannot be sold yet because of contamination. It has not been disclosed if these products will be approved for sale in the future as they were found to have radioactive caesium levels above the standards set by the government.
Japan imposed restrictions on the sale of seafood from Fukushima prefecture, after the nuclear disaster, which was caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation in March 2011.
