Results of inspections on radioactivity levels in agricultural products
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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 Test results before April 1st,2020 is available on the following webpages. |
Arable and Horticultural crops (April 1,2020 to March 30,2021)
Rice
（Unit:Number of samples)
| Total number of reported samples | Within the maximum limit (100Bq/kg for general foods) | Above the maximum limit (＞100Bq/kg） | |
| ≦50Bq/kg (including "Not detected") | 50Bq/kg＜ ≦100Bq/kg | ||
| 320,381 | 320,381 | 0 | 0 |
Other Arable and Horticultural crops
（Unit:Number of samples）
| Category | Total number of reported samples | Within the maximum limit (100Bq/kg for general foods) | Above the maximum limit (＞100Bq/kg） | The items from which radioactive cesium above the maximum limit was detected | |||
| ≦50Bq/kg(including "Not detected") | 50Bq/kg＜ ≦100Bq/kg | ||||||
| Wheat and Barley | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Vegetables | 4,199 | 4,199 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Fruits | 891 | 890 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Pulse | Soy bean | 107 | 107 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Other pluses | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Other cultivated plants | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Mushrooms and Wild Edible Plants | 5,977 | 5,789 | 104 | 84 | ※See Note1 | ||
Note 1 : Eleutherococcus scidophylloids(Koshiabura), Bamboo shoots, Fatsia sprouts(Taranome), Bracken fern,
Root bend bamboo(Nemagaritake), Wild mushrooms
Tea (Tea infusion)
（Unit : Number of samples）
| 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 (Tea infusion) | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Livestock products
Data about livestock products is available on another MAFF website:
https://www.maff.go.jp/e/policies/food_safety/livest/index.html
