date:May 21, 2021
ation levels to exceed the national standard.
The areas and items to be inspected for radioactive cesium levels in food are determined by the guidelines of the governments Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters.
The-japan-news.com reports that, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, 54,412 items were tested nationwide, whether required or voluntary, in fiscal 2020, and 127 items, or 0.23%, were found to exceed the national standard. One of the 127 was from an unknown place of or