Results of inspections on radioactivity levels in agricultural products (since April 1st, 2012)

Test results of radioactive cesium in foods have been made public everyday by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) since March 2011. Following tables show the summary of the test results by each category of agricultural products since April 1st, 2012 in 17 prefectures to which the Government prescribes to conduct the test※. Specific data of each sample tested is available on the webpage of MHLW (http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/2011eq/). The concentration of radioactive cesium is quantified by Germanium semiconductor detectors or NaI Scintillation Detectors.  Note: As the maximum limit, 100 Bq/kg applies to General Foods, 50 Bq/kg applies to Milk and Infant foods, and 10 Bq/kg applies to Drinking water including tea infusion under the new regulation as from April 1, 2012.  ※ Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, and Shizuoka Results of inspection on radioactivity levels in agricultural products from March in 2011 to March 31 in 2012

Arable and Horticultural crops (April 1st, 2012 - January 31, 2013 )  

Rice

（Number of samples）

 

Category	Total number of reported samples	Above the maximum limit (>100Bq/kg)
Rice	10.2 million	71

 

 

Other Arable and Horticultural crops 

（Number of samples）

Category	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit  (100 Bq/kg for general foods)		Above the maximum limit (>100 Bq/kg)	The items from which radioactive cesium above the maximum limit was detected
		≤50 Bq/kg (including “Not Detected”)	50 Bq/kg< ≤100 Bq/kg
Wheat and Barley	1,816	1,816	0	0
Vegetables	16,440	16,426	9	5	Spinach, Angelica keiskei (Ashitaba), Threeleaf arrowhead, Rotus root, Japanese mustard spinach (komatsuna)
Fruits	4,299	4,229	57	13	Ume(Japanese Apricot), Blueberry, Japanese Chestnut, Citrus fruit (Yuzu) , Satsuma mandarin,
Pulse	4,324	4,231	72	21 ※See Note 1	Soy bean, Azuki bean
Mushrooms and Wild edible plants	5,882	4,732	551	599	※See Note 2
Other cultivated plants	3,261	3,160	87	14	Buckwheat

Note 1: Including 8 soy beans which are under 500 Bq/kg (as a transitional measure, the provisional reguration value for general foods (500 Bq/kg) applied to soy bean until December 31).

Note 2: Shiitake mushrooms grown on Raw Log, Bamboo shoots, Butterbur sprout, Kusasotetsu (Matteuccia struthiopteris), Dried Shiitake mushrooms, Hana wasabi, Koshiabura  (Eleutherococcus sciadiphyllides), Fiddlehead fern (Osmunda japonica), Wild Sanshou(Zanthoxylum piperitum), Wild Taranome (Young bud of Aralia elata), Wild Bracken(Pteridium aquilium), Wild Buttetbut, Parasenecio delphiniifolius  (Momijigasa) , Wild japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica), Dried Grifola frondosa, Wild Mushrooms

Tea

（Unit : Number of samples）

Category	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit (10 Bq/kg)		Above the maximum limit (>10 Bq/kg)
		<5 Bq/kg	>5 Bq/kg ≤10 Bq/kg
Tea infusion	825	761	51	13

 

 

Livestock products

Raw milk (April 1st, 2012 - January 31, 2013 )

（Unit : Nnumber of samples）

Category	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit		Above the maximum limit (>50 Bq/kg)
		≤50 Bq/kg (including “Not Detected”)
Raw milk	2,054	2,054		0

 Detailed data is available on another MAFF website: http://www.maff.go.jp/e/seisan/index.html

 

 Meat and Egg (April 1st 2012 - Docember 31, 2012) 

Beef (April 1st, 2012 - September 30, 2012)

（Unit : Nnumber of samples）

	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit of the provisional regulation (500 Bq/kg for general foods)					Above the maximum limit (>500 Bq/kg)
		100 Bq/kg (including “Not Detected”)	>100 Bq/kg ≤200 Bq/kg	>200 Bq/kg ≤300 Bq/kg	>300 Bq/kg ≤400 Bq/kg	>400 Bq/kg ≤500 Bq/kg
Beef	73,908	73,904	4	0	0	0	0

Category	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit (100 Bq/kg)		Above the maximum limit (>100 Bq/kg)
		<50 Bq/kg	>50 Bq/kg ≤100 Bq/kg
Beef	56,192	56,190	0	2

（Unit : Number of samples）

Category	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit  (100 Bq/kg for general foods)		Above the maximum limit (>100 Bq/kg)
		≤50 Bq/kg (including “Not Detected”)	50 Bq/kg< ≤100 Bq/kg
Pork	716	713	2	1
Chicken	353	353	0	0
Egg	425	425	0	0
Other Meat	412	408	3	1(Horse Meat)
Total	1,906	1,899	5	2

 

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