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Filpino exporters of smoked tuna will again present to Japanese quarantine and health authorities an independent study that proves this method is safe, in a bid to lift the nine-year ban on the product.


"This issue needs to be resolved and the Japanese government has to justify why they are keeping out our exports despite several testimonies and evidences that show that smoked tuna does not pose health risks to humans," said  Dick Alves, who represents the Fresh Frozen Seafood Association of the Philippines (FFSAP) based in Gen. Santos City in Mindanao.


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Filipino exporters of  filtered-smoked tuna are planning to file with the World Trade Organization (WTO)  an unfair trade suit against Japan, for refusing to lift its nine-year ban on the product.


"Japan, despite several findings that show filtered-smoked treated tuna is safe for human consumption, has repeatedly junked our appeals to allow the resumption of exports of smoked tuna," said Dick Alves who represents the Fresh Frozen Seafood Association of the Philippines (FFSAP) based in General Santos City in Mindanao.


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"This issue needs to be resolved and the Japanese government has to justify why they are keeping out our exports despite several testimonies and evidences that show that smoked tuna does not pose health risks to humans," said  Dick Alves, who represents the Fresh Frozen Seafood Association of the Philippines (FFSAP) based in Gen. Santos City in Mindanao.


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Tuna exporters push bid for lifting of 9-yr Japan ban

By Rocel Felix | August 7, 2006 - 12:00am

Filpino exporters of smoked tuna will again present to Japanese quarantine and health authorities an independent study that proves this method is safe, in a bid to lift the nine-year ban on the product. "This...

Business

Smoked tuna exporters mull WTO suit vs Japan

By Rocel Felix | July 31, 2006 - 12:00am

Filipino exporters of filtered-smoked tuna are planning to file with the World Trade Organization (WTO) an unfair trade suit against Japan, for refusing to lift its nine-year ban on the product. "Japan,...

Business

Lifting by Japan of its 9-year ban on filter-smoked tuna products pushed

By Rocel Felix | July 27, 2006 - 12:00am

Local tuna exporters want Philippine negotiators in the ongoing free trade talks under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) to push for the lifting of the nine-year ban on filter-smoked...

Business