Meanwhile, many shoppers responded by rushing to buy large quantities of table salt, prompting the state monopoly to issue a plea for moderation.
Chinese consumers snapped up salt in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster based on groundless rumours that the iodine in it could prevent radiation poisoning.
"Due to the impact of Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater, some markets in China have seen panic buying of table salt," China Salt said in a statement on Thursday evening.
"Salt reserves and supplies remain abundant," the state-owned firm said, but added that "online retailers as well as some commercial supermarket channels have exhibited temporary shortages".
"We are working overtime to add extra production and deliveries, and doing all we can to guarantee market supply," the company said.
"We urge all sectors of society to consume salt in a managed way and not blindly hoard it."
Elsewhere in the Beijing market, workers said the impact of the water release plan had been significant.
Many recently stopped selling all seafood from Japan.
"The plan to release the water is causing trouble for Japan and all other countries," said Huang Xiaohao, the boss of a store advertising imported products.
"If you look around at what we're selling, you'll find that most of these things are actually domestic products," he said.
Pressure has come from both official customs restrictions, others said, as well as from consumers who worry about the impact of Japanese seafood products on their health.
One merchant who declined to be named told AFP that tuna from places other than Japan - where he usually sourced products - are simply not as good.
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