The United States government announced on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, they banned the import of food from several places in Japan. Prohibition-related fears of radioactive contamination due to leakage of radiation at the Fukushima nuclear reactor.
As quoted from the pages of The Wall Street Journal, National U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has issued a ban and warning against all kinds of milk, dairy products, fresh vegetables, and fruits of several areas near the reactors.
These areas are the prefecture of Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma. Food products from these regions are not allowed to enter the U.S. market prior to first go through the testing process and declared safe by the FDA.
"In addition, FDA also will provide signs to all products from Japan to distinguish whether the goods come from the contaminated or not. The FDA will conduct testing on all food and goods from the cargo area," the FDA said through a statement.
New food sold in the U.S. allowed after through testing radiation levels.
The FDA also said the food testing team at various ports have been equipped with radiation detectors, called radiation pagers. "It is very sensitive and can help identify the cargo that has a certain radiation level," wrote the FDA again.
According to FDA records, food imports from Japan only four percent of all food imports into the U.S..
U.S. Concerns arose after the Japanese government found radiation levels above the normal level found in milk and 11 kinds of vegetables in the area of Fukushima. This is caused by a radiation leak at Nuclear Power Fukushima Daiichi happened since the quake and tsunami hit Japan, 11 March.
The Japanese government has also suspended food shipments from Fukushima and the surrounding area to several other prefectures in the country
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