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Shrouded in trees and weeds as tall as people, his old house rests quietly in a difficult-to-return zone in the Tsushima district of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, only some 30 kilometers from the hobbled nuclear plant.
Japan: More radiation checks on food conducted than required
Nearly all of the 17 prefectures required to test food products for radiation after the March 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima are also testing items not listed in the guidelines. Also, 11 prefectures not required to perform radiation tests are doing so on their own initiative.
The prefectures are testing vegetables, fish and other items not listed in government guidelines, intent on dispelling concerns among domestic and overseas consumers, though it is extremely rare for these products’ radiation levels to exceed the national standard.
The areas and items to be inspected for radioactive cesium levels in food are determined by the guidelines of the government’s Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters.