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Radioactivity is detected in Japanese coffee and tea, and there is anxiety about Japanese food. The government says it will double the safety inspection for products with a history of radiation detection.

This is reporter Kim Hyung-rae.

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The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety says it will tighten radiological tests on processed foods imported from Japan starting the day after the day after tomorrow.

This measure is a result of increased public anxiety due to the detection of radiation from about 17 tons of 35 processed Japanese foods imported in the last five years.

The test targets are 17 Japanese foods that have been detected for radioactivity, such as solid tea and roasted coffee.

Double the number of safety checks for imported foods with a history of radiation detection.

At present, 1kg of radiation is collected once per manufacturing date and 2 times of 1kg of radiation inspection are conducted and test tests are also performed twice.

The KFDA said that until now, all foods with detected radiation have been returned and not distributed or sold in Korea.

[Lee Seung-yong / Food and Drug Administration Director of the Food and Drug Administration: Even if the amount of radioactivity is small, all detected products have been returned and never sold or sold in Korea.]

In March, the WTO decided that the import regulations of Japanese agricultural and fishery products were in agreement with the agreement, while the ban on imports of seafood from eight prefectures, including Fukushima, was maintained.