The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) imposed ban on foodstuffs imported from Japan due to the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and the conditions pertaining to these foodstuffs.

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) issued the Decision No. 145/33 dated 16 October 2012, lifting the temporary ban imposed on foodstuffs originating from eleven prefectures in Japan (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gun-ma, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba) under two provisions.The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) in administrative order No. 4474 dated 18 October 2017 (28/01/1439 AH) withdraws the first provision under Article One of SFDA administrative order (No. 145/33) on 16 October 2012, stating that "each consignment of food imported from Japan must be accompanied by a certificate issued from the competent authority in Japan, indicating the region from which the product is imported, and attesting it is allowed for trade in Japan, free from radioactive contamination or within the acceptable limits as per SASO 1542 (Limits of Radioactivity level Permitted in foodstuffs)".