date:May 21, 2021
Nearly all of the 17 prefectures required to test food products for radiation after the March 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima are also testing items not listed in the guidelines. Also, 11 prefectures not required to perform radiation tests are doing so on their own initiative.
The prefectures are testing vegetables, fish and other items not listed in government guidelines, intent on dispelling concerns among domestic and overseas consumers, though it is extremely rare for these products radi