Radioactive beef sold in Tokyo
Jul 18, 2011 17:28:49 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Jul 18, 2011 17:28:49 GMT -5
'Radioactive beef sold in Tokyo'
Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:30AM
Japan's second-biggest retailer has sold nuclear-contaminated beef in the capital Tokyo's market and suburb area, raising great concern among the people.
Aeon Co said it had sold beef from 132 cattle that ate nuclear-contaminated feed at a store in Tokyo and at more than dozen stores in the surrounding area.
Cattle from Fukushima prefecture were given rice straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium, Aeon said.
The contaminated beef have been shipped to 36 of the 47 prefectures across Japan and consumed in 31 including Tokyo, NHK reported.
This is the latest health scare linked to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by a March earthquake and tsunami. Cases of contaminated vegetables, tea, milk, seafood and water have already stoked anxiety in Japan.
The new wave of fear started a week ago when nuclear-contaminated meat from 11 cows at a farm outside the Fukushima nuclear restricted zone was reported to have been sold around the country and probably eaten.
However, Aeon said in a statement that it sold 703 pounds of the beef from April 27 to June 20 at one shop in Tokyo and other shops in Kanagawa and Chiba. It also sold the beef at outlets in Shizuoka and Ishikawa, both in central Japan.
The retailer will start to check beef shipments from all areas that can have potentially contaminated feed. In addition, some supermarkets in Tokyo have put up signs warning about radioactive beef.
The Japanese government is expected on Tuesday to ban all beef shipments from Fukushima prefecture, where the atomic plant is still emitting radiation.
“The most likely outcome is that we will ban beef shipments," said Goshi Hosono, the cabinet minister responsible for coordinating the nuclear cleanup.
"We are discussing the matter along these lines. We have to ensure food safety.”
“At this point, we are considering Fukushima prefecture. But we may consider whether further action is needed after studying how contaminated straw was distributed," he added.
www.presstv.ir/detail/189625.html
Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:30AM
Japan's second-biggest retailer has sold nuclear-contaminated beef in the capital Tokyo's market and suburb area, raising great concern among the people.
Aeon Co said it had sold beef from 132 cattle that ate nuclear-contaminated feed at a store in Tokyo and at more than dozen stores in the surrounding area.
Cattle from Fukushima prefecture were given rice straw contaminated with high levels of radioactive cesium, Aeon said.
The contaminated beef have been shipped to 36 of the 47 prefectures across Japan and consumed in 31 including Tokyo, NHK reported.
This is the latest health scare linked to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by a March earthquake and tsunami. Cases of contaminated vegetables, tea, milk, seafood and water have already stoked anxiety in Japan.
The new wave of fear started a week ago when nuclear-contaminated meat from 11 cows at a farm outside the Fukushima nuclear restricted zone was reported to have been sold around the country and probably eaten.
However, Aeon said in a statement that it sold 703 pounds of the beef from April 27 to June 20 at one shop in Tokyo and other shops in Kanagawa and Chiba. It also sold the beef at outlets in Shizuoka and Ishikawa, both in central Japan.
The retailer will start to check beef shipments from all areas that can have potentially contaminated feed. In addition, some supermarkets in Tokyo have put up signs warning about radioactive beef.
The Japanese government is expected on Tuesday to ban all beef shipments from Fukushima prefecture, where the atomic plant is still emitting radiation.
“The most likely outcome is that we will ban beef shipments," said Goshi Hosono, the cabinet minister responsible for coordinating the nuclear cleanup.
"We are discussing the matter along these lines. We have to ensure food safety.”
“At this point, we are considering Fukushima prefecture. But we may consider whether further action is needed after studying how contaminated straw was distributed," he added.
www.presstv.ir/detail/189625.html
