EU may lift import restriction on Fukushima rice.

European Union is considering lifting an import restriction on rice produced in nuclear disaster hit Fukushima Prefecture as well as wild vegetables and marine products from Japan. EU requires the submission of certificates of radiation inspections for exporters of some food products from 13 prefectures in the eastern half of the Japanese archipelago. But the European Commission, has drafted import regulation reform plans calling for scrapping the requirement for rice from Fukushima, which hosts Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc crippled Fukushima number one nuclear power plant.