ME warns of severe penalties for carrying prohibited foods to Japan

Those who stealthily bring prohibited food products to Japan will face severe penalties (a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment or three million Japanese yen fine or 50 million fine if it is a business), the Myanmar Embassy to Japan warned.
Meat products, fruits and vegetables are strictly prohibited from carrying into Japan from foreign countries under the law.
A Myanmar man was recently arrested for breaching this restriction many times, it said. It is also not allowed to deliver these restricted items to Japan by international express services, it added.
The embassy urged Myanmar nationals who would come to Japan to be well aware of this rule and advised them to see the internet websites of Animal Quarantine Service and Plant Protection Station under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan, concerning the carrying of the prohibited goods. — MT/ZS/ED