Sushi restaurants are dropping Japanese fresh food from their menus as a radiation plume released by a damaged nuclear plant in the country heightens fears over possible radioactive contamination.
“Our guests’ safety is our top priority,” said Sari Yong, a spokeswoman for Shangri-La Asia Ltd., the region’s biggest luxury hotel company by market value with 71 locations worldwide. “As a precaution, we have temporarily stopped importing fresh food from Japan.”
The Mandarin Oriental International Ltd.’s flagship in Hong Kong and the city’s Four Seasons Hotel have stopped buying food from Japan even as experts including chemical pathology professor Lam Ching-wan say the health risks haven’t been established. The U.S. and U.K. governments are among those that have advised citizens to consider leaving Japan as concerns mounted that authorities were losing the battle to contain leaks from the quake-stricken nuclear plant north of Tokyo.
“Until the situation stabilizes in the country, it seems unlikely that guests will feel comfortable consuming Japanese produce,” said Sally De Souza, public relations manager for the Mandarin Oriental hotel group.
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“Our guests’ safety is our top priority,” said Sari Yong, a spokeswoman for Shangri-La Asia Ltd., the region’s biggest luxury hotel company by market value with 71 locations worldwide. “As a precaution, we have temporarily stopped importing fresh food from Japan.”
The Mandarin Oriental International Ltd.’s flagship in Hong Kong and the city’s Four Seasons Hotel have stopped buying food from Japan even as experts including chemical pathology professor Lam Ching-wan say the health risks haven’t been established. The U.S. and U.K. governments are among those that have advised citizens to consider leaving Japan as concerns mounted that authorities were losing the battle to contain leaks from the quake-stricken nuclear plant north of Tokyo.
“Until the situation stabilizes in the country, it seems unlikely that guests will feel comfortable consuming Japanese produce,” said Sally De Souza, public relations manager for the Mandarin Oriental hotel group.
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