Taiwanese health authorities have ordered a recall of all food products illegally imported from five Japanese prefectures affected by the 2011 earthquake and consequent nuclear disaster.
Food and Drug Administration Director General Chiang Yu-mei told reporters at the legislature that they ordered a recall of 294 food products illegally imported from the five prefectures after health investigators inspected over 3,000 questionable items.
Of the 294 items, 12 carried Chinese labels different from the actual place of origin, while investigators need more time to determine the origin of the remaining 282 because the Japanese labels do not specify where they were manufactured.