For a time, canned black beans from Japan’s Sanuki Kanzume Co. near Yurihonjyo-shi west of Tokyo were prevented from entering the U.S. because the plant was not registered
Tiny fish caught off the coast of Japan caused a big splash of fear this week as testing revealed that some contained levels of radioactive material above the government’s
A ban on food and water from Japan, more radiation monitoring, soil and irrigation water sampling, and more money for food inspections are needed to protect against radiation emissions crossing
Governments are stepping up scrutiny of domestic food and water supplies as radioactive material spreads from the country’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Those leafy greens from California filling America’s salad bowls are safe to eat, so stop worrying about this radiation from Japan business–OK?
That pretty much says it. At
Japanese milk and spinach just do not factor much in the U.S. food supply, but what about radioactive fish?
Five billion pounds of seafood are imported annually to the
On March 11 President Obama expressed his “deepest condolences” to the Japanese people for that day’s earthquake and tsunami. Later the same day he announced that he’d dispatched
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that it would bar imports of some dairy products and fresh produce from the area around Japan’s damaged Fukushima
If you go picking dandelions in the vicinity of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, you probably do not want to eat them.
But just as reports of a
Consumer concern about food contaminated by radiation from damaged nuclear power plants in Japan is unwarranted at this time. The level of radiation that could potentially reach the USA is
Update: Early on Saturday, Japan announced that radiation was detected in spinach and milk produced near the Fukushima nuclear plant. While the levels were low enough to not pose a