Review of retained Regulation 2016/6 on importing food from Japan following the Fukushima nuclear accident

Overview

Results Last Updated 10 March 2022

This consultation was launched on 10 December 2021 and closed on 11 February 2022. The purpose of the consultation was to seek comments from industry, enforcement authorities, consumers and other interested stakeholders on our risk management options to retain, amend or revoke retained Regulation 2016/6.

The key proposals on which the consultation sought views were to revoke retained Regulation 2016/6 and thereby remove enhanced controls relating to the import of certain food from Japan following the Fukushima nuclear accident (Option 2 in the consultation).

We received 1 response to the consultation. The respondent did not give permission to publish their response.  

Food Standards Scotland does not consider that any changes are required to the preferred option of revoking retained Regulation 2016/6 and thereby remove the enhanced controls (Option 2 in the consultation).

FSS and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have carried out a risk assessment of the risk to public health from consuming Japanese food imported into the UK, if the maximum levels on radiocaesium from these food imported from Japan are removed. The risk assessment and has been published on the FSS website and is available here.

Why your views matter

We are seeking comments from industry, food businesses, enforcement authorities, consumers and other interested stakeholders on proposed risk management options. Feedback will be considered in further development of the proposals.

Further details can be found in Annex A - Consultation letter and Annex B - Impact Assessment at the bottom of this page.

What happens next

Once the consultation closes, all responses will be collated, analysed and checked to ensure they contain no defamatory material. The consultation responses in which the respondent has given permission for their response to be public, will then be shared on the FSS website.

Once the responses are collated, the feedback and views provided within them will be taken into account and incorporated into the proposals. 

All respondents should be aware that FSS is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.