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(c) Local consulates of 10 Western European countries
likely to have been affected by the accident were
requested to supply details of the measures taken
by their countries to prevent the export of those
food commodities at risk of contamination.
(a)
The UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Foods was approached for assistance in obtaining
similar details from Poland and Hungary, which are
the main Eastern bloc countries exporting to Hong
Kong.
(e)
Plans were drawn up to sample commodities shipped
in from Europe, as well as those imported from
China, after the reactor accident.
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For safety reasons, the granting of permission for
the importation of food from all Eastern bloc
countries was temporarily suspended.
2.
Subsequent replies from the Consuls-General
concerned, as well as from Poland and Hungary through the
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods assured the
Hong Kong Government that stringent measures were being
taken in these countries to ensure that food commodities
exported to Hong Kong were radiation free.