The British government is soliciting public opinions on lifting Japanese food imports restrictions that have been in place since the Fukushima incident in March 2011, as part of the process to ease the curbs, which are likely to take effect next spring. Britain’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has concluded that the removal of import requirements—a limit of 100 becquerels per kilogram on radioactive cesium in Japanese food—would result in “a negligible increase” in the risk to UK consumers, according to its assessment report released on Friday. The agency’s director of policy Rebecca Sudworth said while the European Commission had evaluated the measures on a regular basis, the public and stakeholders are encouraged to submit opinions on the policy changes by February next year. “This responsibility has now passed to the FSA, along with FSS, and we have completed a UK import risk assessment and economic impact assessment. We welcome all views …