Radioactive substance exceeding limit found in beef in Fukushima Pref.
Apr. 1, 2011
The health ministry said Thursday that beef in Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled nuclear power plant is located, contained a radioactive material exceeding the legal limit, making it the first such detection in beef.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said 510 becquerels of radioactive cesium was detected in beef from Tenei, Fukushima Prefecture, above the 500-becquerel legal limit set under the food sanitation law.
But an official for the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said in Fukushima early Friday that it will conduct a fresh examination on beef, citing a significant gap in radiation levels between the sample taken in Tenei and other meat samples.
Tenei is located nearly 70 kilometers away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on April 1,, 2011)
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said 510 becquerels of radioactive cesium was detected in beef from Tenei, Fukushima Prefecture, above the 500-becquerel legal limit set under the food sanitation law.
But an official for the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said in Fukushima early Friday that it will conduct a fresh examination on beef, citing a significant gap in radiation levels between the sample taken in Tenei and other meat samples.
Tenei is located nearly 70 kilometers away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on April 1,, 2011)
