Chapter 8 Radioactive Materials in Foods
Efforts for and concepts on inspection planning and distribution restrictions; Inspection results and measures for radioactive materials in foods such as rice, vegetables, fruits, beans, livestock products, mushrooms, wild plants and fisheries products
8.1 Measures for Radioactive Materials in Foods Section Download Slides Download
- Setting of Standard Limits for Radioactive Materials in Foods and Distribution/Consumption Restrictions
- Publication of the Inspection Results Concerning Radioactive Materials in Foods
- Standard Limits Applied from April 2012
- Food Categories [Reference]
- Outline of the Results of the Food-related Health Risk Assessment
- Basic Knowledge on the Food-related Health Risk Assessment
- Approach for the Establishment of the Standard Limits ◆ Grounds for the Standard Limits
- Radionuclides Taken into Consideration
- Approach for the Calculation of the Standard Limits (1/2)
- Approach for the Calculation of the Standard Limits (2/2)
- Approach for Applying Standard Limits for Drinks and Dried Foods [Reference]
- Survey of Distributed Foods (Market Basket Survey)
- Prefectures and Food Items to be Inspected (Items for which Cultivation/Feeding Management is Difficult and Log-grown Mushrooms)
- Prefectures and Food Items to be Inspected (Items whose Cultivation/Feeding is Manageable (excl. Log-grown Mushrooms))
- Concepts of Inspection Planning and Establishment and Cancellation of Items and Areas to which Restriction of Distribution and/or Consumption of Foods Concerned Applies
- Procedures for Inspections of Radioactive Materials in Foods
- Contamination Routes for Agricultural Products
- Measures for Reducing Transfer of Radioactive Materials to Crops (1/5) - Decontamination of Farmland -
- Measures for Reducing Transfer of Radioactive Materials to Crops (2/5) - Measures to Inhibit Radioactive Cesium Absorption through Potassic Fertilization -
- Measures for Reducing Transfer of Radioactive Materials to Crops (3/5) - Washing of Fruit Trees and Removal of Bark -
- Measures for Reducing Transfer of Radioactive Materials to Crops (4/5) - Pruning of Tea Trees -
- Measures for Reducing Transfer of Radioactive Materials to Crops (5/5) - Management of Fertilizers, etc. -
8.2 Rice Section Download Slides Download
- Changes in Inspection Results for Rice (Incl. Inspection of All Rice Bags)
- Areas Subject to Planting Restrictions for Rice to be Harvested in 2022
- Radioactivity Inspection of All Rice Bags by Fukushima Prefecture
8.3 Vegetables, Fruits and Beans Section Download Slides Download
8.4 Livestock Products Section Download Slides Download
- Ensuring Safety of Livestock Products
- Feed Management (1/2)
- Feed Management (2/2)
- Inspections for Radioactive Cesium in Livestock Products
- Changes in Inspection Results for Livestock Products
8.5 Mushrooms and Wild Plants Section Download Slides Download
- Measures to Ensure Safety of Mushrooms and Non-Wood Forest Products
- Provisional Safety Standards for Mushroom Logs, etc. [Reference]
- Mushrooms, Wild Plants and Wild Bird and Animal Meat
8.6 Fishery Products Section Download Slides Download
- Approach for Inspections of Fishery Products
- Chronological Changes in Inspection Results for Fishery Products
- Provision of Information on Place of Product Origin to Consumers