STRICTER measures are now in force to ensure imported food is safe to eat as the city’s toughest-ever food safety regulation takes effect today, according to Shanghai Food and Drug Administration.

Attention on the safety of imported food was heightened after China’s national broadcaster CCTV reported last week that Muji stores were selling food items imported from radiation areas in Japan.

However, the city’s Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau subsequently cleared the Japanese retailer of sending any items from such areas to Shanghai.