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Japan set to halt beef shipments from Fukushima
July 19, 2011, Tuesday
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Japan's government is poised to halt all shipments of beef from Fukushima after meat from cows that ate feed contaminated with radioactive material up to 500 times higher than safety standards was shipped, officials said today.
More than 500 cows that ate straw contaminated by radioactive cesium have been shipped to other parts of Japan, initial inspections of the area's farms have shown. The government is still conducting tests as to whether the meat itself has been contaminated.
All prefectures will be asked to look into whether farms have fed contaminated feed to their cows and inspections will be boosted, Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano said.
The news sparked selling in stocks of meat companies, with Nippon Meat Packers losing 4.2 percent to 1,082 yen and Itoham Foods dropping 3 percent to 321 yen.
Incidents of contaminated vegetables, tea, milk, seafood and water have stoked public anxiety after Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi plant leaked radiation following a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
The Fukushima government, which has already checked more than 33,000 beef cattle, plans to inspect all of Fukushima's 4,000 cattle farms by August 3.
Beef from Fukushima accounts for only 2.8 percent of domestic shipments, according to government data.
More than 500 cows that ate straw contaminated by radioactive cesium have been shipped to other parts of Japan, initial inspections of the area's farms have shown. The government is still conducting tests as to whether the meat itself has been contaminated.
All prefectures will be asked to look into whether farms have fed contaminated feed to their cows and inspections will be boosted, Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano said.
The news sparked selling in stocks of meat companies, with Nippon Meat Packers losing 4.2 percent to 1,082 yen and Itoham Foods dropping 3 percent to 321 yen.
Incidents of contaminated vegetables, tea, milk, seafood and water have stoked public anxiety after Tokyo Electric Power Co's Fukushima Daiichi plant leaked radiation following a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11.
The Fukushima government, which has already checked more than 33,000 beef cattle, plans to inspect all of Fukushima's 4,000 cattle farms by August 3.
Beef from Fukushima accounts for only 2.8 percent of domestic shipments, according to government data.
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