Japan to toughen inspections of South Korean seafood

The Japanese health ministry said Thursday it will toughen inspections of flounder and other seafood imported from South Korea from June, saying the measure was prompted by food-poisoning cases reported domestically.The government denied the move is intended to retaliate against South Korea's ban on fishery products from Fukushima and seven other prefectures introduced in the wake of the 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japan prefecture."This step will be put in place from the standpoint of protecting the health of the people and is not a countermeasure against South Korea," Chief …READ FULL ARTICLE