Japan food to be tested for radiation: India

India has asked its authorised officers of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) at ports and airports to get food originating from Japan to be tested for radiation.

The Joint Secretary of Deptt of Revenue has also been requested to advise all the Customs points in the country where imported food is cleared, to test samples on similar lines.

In earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, the nuclear crisis deepened on Tuesday after an explosion at a third reactor in a quake-stricken plant even as large amounts of radiation leaked into the atmosphere from another.