Food produced in Japanese prefectures that were limited after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant crisis in 2011 will be displayed at the Taiwan Culinary Expo, the Taiwan Visitors Association said yesterday.
Taiwan ended an 11-year ban on food products from Japan’s Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Chiba prefectures in February, and provided importers and brands with a certificate of origin and a certificate of radiological inspection for their products.
The crisis occurred when the factory went through a tsunami after the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
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During the four-day culinary exhibit, which opens Friday in Hall 1 of Taipei’s World Trade Center, other people can try melons, sweet potatoes, yams, natto cookies, buckwheat noodles and other products from Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the agreement.
Food from Hiroshima, Fukushima, Nara, Saga, Ehime, Kagawa and Okinawa prefectures will also be on display or can be purchased, he added.
Organizers said the occasion will showcase Taiwanese cuisine, which comes from “diverse food cultures. “
The association’s president, Yeh Chu-lan (葉菊蘭), said at a press conference that the exhibition will be held for the first time this year since it was suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The theme of this year’s Taiwan Culinary Expo refers to the delicious food served at festivals, and it was selected because we seek to revitalize the tourism industry in the post-pandemic era,” Yeh said. “Through the culinary exhibition, we hope that [people]Array. . . they will be able to appreciate Taiwan as a country that serves delicious food and is able to produce highly qualified quality food through the Michelin Guide. “
“The main goal of the exhibition is to show other people what Taiwanese cuisine is: a melting pot of gastronomic cultures,” he said.
Nigeria and Indonesia are the participants for the first time in the event, he said.
People can attend food seminars at the exhibition and watch cooking shows, according to the agreement.
Photographers would be available to show tricks for taking food, he said.
The exhibit will have a pavilion with Food for Muslims prepared through halal-certified restaurants in Taiwan, said Tourism Bureau Director General Chang Shi-chung (張錫聰).
“There are 1. 6 billion Muslims in the world, a large percentage of whom live in Asia,” Chang said. they can make meal arrangements when they can accommodate tourists from Muslim-majority countries. “
Another pavilion would highlight the nutrition of the elderly, as Taiwan is headed towards an “ultra-aging” society until 2025, he said.