Hong Kong food safety tests find no abnormal radiation in Japanese imports
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety tested 236 Japanese food samples for radiation between 5-6 November 2026, finding no safety breaches. Since August 2023, 273,291 Japanese import samples and 58,162 local fishery samples have passed tests.
The Hong Kong government's food safety watchdog has reported no abnormal radiation levels in Japanese aquatic imports or local fishery products, according to the latest updates from the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
Between noon on 5 November and noon on 6 November 2026, the CFS tested 236 food samples from Japanese imports of "aquatic products and their processed items, seaweed and sea salt". All samples were found to have radiation levels within safety standards, the CFS said in a statement on 6 November.
During the same period, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) tested 50 local fishery product samples for radiation levels, all of which passed. The Hong Kong Observatory also continued its enhanced monitoring of environmental radiation in local waters and reported no abnormalities.
Since 24 August 2023, when Hong Kong's import restrictions on Japanese aquatic products took effect, the CFS has tested a cumulative total of 273,291 Japanese food samples, including 170,098 samples of aquatic products, processed items, seaweed and sea salt. The AFCD has tested 58,162 local fishery product samples. All samples passed radiation level tests.
The CFS noted that for Japanese aquatic products, sea salt and seaweed not subject to import bans, it conducts full radiation level testing before allowing them to be released for market supply. Detailed results are available on the CFS's dedicated webpage for control measures on Japanese food imports, the AFCD's radiological testing page, and the Hong Kong Observatory's seawater monitoring page.
