Gov’t bans shipment of tea leaves in 4 prefectures
Jun. 3, 2011
The government banned on Thursday the shipment of green tea leaves grown in four prefectures in eastern Japan after samples were found contaminated with radioactive cesium above the permitted level.
The shipment ban covers tea leaves, including dried leaves in a processing stage, harvested in parts of Tochigi, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures and all of Ibaraki Prefecture, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
It is the first time tea leave shipments have been banned after radiation leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the quake-tsunami disaster in March began to cause shipment restrictions for some farm and fishery products.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on June 2, 2011)
The shipment ban covers tea leaves, including dried leaves in a processing stage, harvested in parts of Tochigi, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures and all of Ibaraki Prefecture, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
It is the first time tea leave shipments have been banned after radiation leakage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the quake-tsunami disaster in March began to cause shipment restrictions for some farm and fishery products.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on June 2, 2011)
