Agricultural production and exports by Japan, including premium “wagyu” beef and rice, are under threat of radioactive contamination as ...
Agricultural production and exports by Japan, including premium “wagyu” beef and rice, are under threat of radioactive contamination as the nation struggles to stem pollution from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. so the cunts are dumping it anywhere but japan with western governments saying fuck all. After the total collapse in Japan of the beef market with consumers worried about radiation. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has asked each prefectural governor to start testing agricultural and marine products along with drinking water for possible contamination in order to keep tainted food including grains, milk, vegetables, meat and eggs from the market, said Kumiko Tanaka at the ministry’s policy planning and communication division. So thats all fucking right then !! I'll sleep tonight The action highlights the severity of the radiation leak from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) north of Tokyo, after Japan’s biggest earthquake on record and tsunami hit the area on March 11 2011. Workers resumed dousing the damaged reactor structures with seawater from fire trucks today, as they try to stem radioactive pollution from the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Ongoing ELE is what i would describe it! “I’m concerned about excessive reaction by consumers,” Tetsurou Shimizu, chief researcher at Norinchukin Research Institute Co. in Tokyo, said today in a phone interview. “Farmers in the area face the risk that their products will be shunned by consumers, even without scientific evidence.” Farmers in Fukushima produce rice, vegetables, fruits, beef, pork, chicken and eggs, according to the prefecture’s website. Neighboring Ibaraki prefecture is the largest supplier of vegetables to consumers in Tokyo, Shimizu said. Japan exported 677 metric tons of beef, including “wagyu” meat, in the year ended March 31, 2010, the government data show. Vietnam was the largest buyer with 433 tons, followed by Hong Kong with 119 tons and the U.S. with 81 tons. Tolerable Levels The Health Ministry has tentatively re- set tolerable levels of radioactivity for each product. For drinking water, the level is set at 300 becquerel per kilogram of radioactive iodine. For milk, 200 becquerel per kilogram of radioactive cesium.Cheeky bastards. If contaminated foods are discovered through testing, the health ministry will order their producers to suspend output and shipments immediately, Tanaka said. Pollution from the nuclear plant has also dealt a blow to Japan’s agriculture ministry as it aims to boost rice exports to China and beef exports to Hong Kong as premium products. “We have not received any report of an import ban on Japanese food products because of a radiation leak from the Fukushima plant,” said Toshinori Mitsunaga at the export promotion office of the ministry. “We’ll ensure that foods tested for contamination will never be shipped out of Japan.” Less
