Awwal 04, 1432 H / April 08, 2011, SPA- The European Union on Friday gave final approval to a decrease in the radiation levels it allows in food from Japan, amid continuing fears about contamination from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, reported the dpa. The European Commission said the move was "precautionary." "All the checks carried out up to now by member states of Japanese food imports demonstrate negligible levels of radioactivity, which are significantly below existing standards," it said in a statement. Food and feed from the 12 most affected prefectures is currently tested consistently by Japanese authorities and randomly by EU officials. The commission noted that there are "nearly no exports" coming out of those prefectures. Products from Japan's remaining 35 prefectures are also undergoing random EU tests.
