Results of inspections on radioactivity levels in agricultural products (since March 2011 to March 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 March 2011 to March 31, 2012 in 17 prefectures to which the Government prescribed 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/).

Note 1: As the maximum limit of the provisional regulation, 500 Bq/kg applies to General Foods, 200 Bq/kg applies to Milk and Drinking water until March in 2012. Since April 1, 2012, the current regulation has been applied. (Detail information of the current regulation is available on the webpage of MHLW (http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/2011eq/dl/new_standard.pdf).

Note 2: The concentration of radioactive cesium is quantified by Germanium semiconductor detectors or NaI Scintillation Detectors.

※ 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 April 1st in 2012.

Arable and Horticultural crops (March, 2011 - March 31, 2012)

(Unit : Number of samples)

Category		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)
Category		Total number of reported samples	≤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	Above the maximum limit (>500 Bq/kg)
Rice		3,217	3,208	7	0	0	1	1
Wheat and Barley		566	539	18	4	2	2	1
Vegetables	March 2011 - June 2011	3,501	3,138	131	50	28	20	134
Vegetables	July 2011- March 2012	8,497	8,475	9	4	3	1	5
Fruits		2,724	2,503	119	37	25	12	28
Pulse		698	682	11	3	1	1	0
Tea		2,232	670	589	462	242	77	192
Mushrooms and Wild edible plants		4,193	2,123	764	560	293	130	323

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Wheat and Barley

VEGETABLES VEGETABLE2

fruits Pulse

Tea MUSHROOM

Livestock products

Raw Milk (March, 2011 - March 31, 2012)

(Unit : Number of samples)

	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit of the provisional regulation (200 q/kg )	Above the maximum limit >200Bq/kg
≤50Bq/kg （including Not Detected）	>50Bq/kg ≤100 Bq/kg	>100Bq/kg ≤150 Bq/kg	> 150Bq/kg ≤ 200Bq/kg
Raw Milk	March 2011	173	165	7	0	0	1
April 2011-March 2012	1,741	1,741	0	0	0	0

Total number of reported samples

Within the maximum limit of the provisional regulation (200 q/kg )

Above the maximum limit

>200Bq/kg

≤50Bq/kg （including Not Detected）

>50Bq/kg
≤100 Bq/kg

>100Bq/kg
≤150 Bq/kg

> 150Bq/kg
≤ 200Bq/kg

Raw Milk

March 2011

173

165

April 2011-March 2012

1,741

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

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Meat and Egg (March, 2011 - March 31, 2012)

(Unit : Number of samples)

Category	Total number of reported samples	Within the maximum limit of the provisional regulation (500Bq/kg )					>500Bq/kg
Category	Total number of reported samples	≤100Bq/kg （including Not Detected）	>100Bq/kg ≤200Bq/kg	>200Bq/kg ≤300Bq/kg	>300Bq/kg ≤400Bq/kg	>400Bq/kg ≤500Bq/kg	>500Bq/kg
Beef	92,683	91,591	548	221	106	60	157
Pork	529	523	3	3	0	0	0
Chicken	225	225	0	0	0	0	0
Egg	419	419	0	0	0	0	0
Other	96	95	1	0	0	0	0
Total	93,952	92,853	552	224	106	60	157

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

Meat

Agricultural Production Bureau
Administration Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8950, Japan
Tel:03-6744-2625
Fax:03-6744-2630

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