Vice Minister of South Korea's Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: ``I have never claimed that ``Japanese seafood products are safe.''

Park Sung Hoon, vice-minister of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said in response to the criticism that ``cases of radioactivity exceeding standard values continue to occur from agricultural, livestock, and fishery products near Fukushima,'' ``The government is
"We have never claimed that seafood produced in Japan is safe." On the 26th, Vice Minister Park spoke at a press conference held at the government building in Seoul regarding the release of radioactively treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean.
``We have prohibited the import of marine products from eight prefectures near Fukushima and 27 agricultural products from 15 prefectures, and we conduct radioactivity tests on every agricultural, livestock, and fishery product that comes in from Japan,'' he explained.
Regarding the possibility of the South Korean government changing the term "contaminated water" (radioactively treated water), Vice Minister Park said, "We have to go through some more internal discussions," adding, "We still have to go through a little more internal discussion."
"We are not yet at the stage where we are specifically considering Plan, Plan B, and Plan C."