MEPs: Controls on Japan food imports may not be enough

TIGHTER controls on food coming from Japan are being put in place by the EU but some MEPs have warned they may not be enough to protect people from the dangers of radiation contamination.

The limits established after the Chernobyl disaster 25 years ago are to be brought into line with more stringent limits imposed by the Japanese. Checks are being carried out more frequently, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso told the European Parliament.

But the measures may not be enough to ensure no contaminated food gets through the net, according to the vice-chair of the parliament’s fisheries committee, Guido Milana.