Reference

Last updated on 13 June 2025

Food Safety and Radionuclides after March 2011  

WTO-SPS communication

Annual report on status of food safety

• Status of food safety, 14 years after the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident in 2011(PDF : 150KB)
• Archives

Presentation of Export and International Affairs Bureau, MAFF

• Comprehensive and Effective Approach in Securing Food Safety regarding Radionuclides in Japan (Last updated on 12 June 2025)(PDF : 881KB)

Links – In Japan

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

• Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake – Food

Fishery Agency, MAFF

• Results of the monitoring on radioactivity level in fishery products

Ministry of the Environment

• BOOKLET to Provide Basic Information Regarding Health Effects of Radiation, Chapter 7 Environmental Monitoring
• Radioactive Material Monitoring in the Water Environment in and around Fukushima Prefecture 

Nuclear Regulation Authority

• Monitoring information of environmental radioactivity level

TEPCO：Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings

• Radioactive Concentration measured by Seawater Radiation Monitor near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Links – International organizations

Codex Alimentarius（FAO/WHO）

• GENERAL STANDARD FOR CONTAMINANTS AND TOXINS IN FOOD AND FEED (CXS 193- 1995)

ICRP：International Commission on Radiological Protection

• Annals of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), PUBLICATION 103, The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, pp.98-99 (Effective dose limit for the public:1mSv in a year)(PDF : 1,882KB)

IAEA：International Atomic Energy Agency

• IAEA, Fukushima Daiichi Status Updates
• Interlaboratory Comparisons 2017–2020: Determination of Radionuclides in Sea Water, Sediment and Fish, IAEA Analytical Quality in Nuclear Applications, 2021(PDF : 1,488KB)
  
• Interlaboratory comparison 2021 Determination of radionuclides in seawater, sediment and fish(PDF : 823KB) 

Links – On the controlled discharge of ALPS treated water

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

• Fukushima’s progress on safety and reconstruction (Management of ALPS Treated Water)

Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI

• Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4
• ALPS(Advanced Liquid Processing System) treated water  
• Procedure of controlled discharge(PDF : 257KB) 

Ministry of the Environment

• Sea area monitoring results relevant to the ALPS treated water (In Japanese)  
• ALPS Treated Water Marine Monitoring Information｜Ministry of the Environment 

TEPCO

• Sea area monitoring results (In Japanese)  
• Also available in English , Chinese (simplified  / traditional ) and Korean 

IAEA

• IAEA, Fukushima Daiichi Treated Water Discharge Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) 

Other information