Government to expand radiation testing of fish
Staff writer, with CNA
The government is to expand radiation testing of fish caught near Taiwan, it said on Wednesday, after Tokyo this week announced plans to release more than 1 million tonnes of treated water from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.
At a cross-ministerial meeting, Fisheries Agency Director-General Chang Chih-sheng (張致盛) said that government agencies have worked to monitor food safety since the plant was crippled after going into meltdown following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Since then, fish caught near Taiwan and in the northwestern Pacific Ocean have been tested for cesium-134 and cesium-137, he said.