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Food Safety: Addressing Radiation in Japan's Northeast after 3.11

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Martin J. Frid
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This article provides observations from the consumer perspective on food safety in the wake of the Great East Japan earthquake tsunami and nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 9 , Issue 31 , August 2011 , e3
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References

Notes

1 FAO: Fact Sheet on Codex Guideline Levels for Radionuclides in Foods Contaminated Following a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency-Prepared by Codex Secretariat (May 2, 2011), link.

2 FSCJ: Graphical Explanation of “Emergency Report on Radioactive Nuclides in Food” (accessed July 8, 2011)

3 FSCJ: Radioactive Contamination of Food in Japan (Accessed July 8, 2011), link.

4 See for example the table of Radiation exposure limits for food, based on MAFF data, in The Japan Times (June 26, 2011), link.

5 MHLW (March 22, 2011), link.

6 MHLW (March 19, 2011), link.

7 MHLW (March 22, 2011), link.

8 MHLW (March 20, 2011), link.

9 MHLW (March 21, 2011), link.

10 MHLW (March 23, 2011), link.

11 The Japan Times: Irradiated food poses moral dilemmas (June 26, 2011), link.

12 Daichi wo Mamoru Kai: いま、私たちができること。大地を守る会の震災復興支援 (March 23, 2011, in Japanese, accessed July 8, 2011), link.

13 The Japan Times: State to buy all radioactive beef (July 22, 2011), link.

14 NHK World: Radiation detected in beef from Fukushima (July 9, 2011), link.

15 For a detailed analysis of media reports about the beef issue, please see Asia-Pacific Journal Feature: Japan's Irradiated Beef Scandal (July 25, 2011).

16 MHLW (June 24, 2011), link.

17 MHLW (June 25, 2011), link.

18 MAFF (July 5, 2011), link.

19 MAFF (June 23, 2011), link.

20 MHLW (June 29, 2011), link.

21 MHLW (July 1, 2011), link.

22 Shizuoka Prefecture: Test Results for Radioactivity on Tea Produced in Shizuoka Prefecture (June 30, 2011), link.

23 Bloomberg: Food safety fears grow in Japan on skepticism at radiation testing regime (June 16, 2011), link.

24 ATMC.jp (In Japanese, accessed July 8, 2011. This website has an option of translating the pages into various languages.), link.

25 CRIIRAD: Note No11-47 E C3 (Accessed July 8, 2011), link.

26 CRIIRAD: Consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi Accident in Japan: A substantial and long-lasting contamination (July 7, 2011). The results of the soil sampling must be further analyzed to avoid farming in areas with high levels of radioactive contamination.

27 Bird WA, Grossman E, 2011 Chemical Aftermath: Contamination and Cleanup Following the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Environ Health Perspect 119(7). (July 1, 2011), link.

28 Agweek: Japanese farmers affected by tsunami hopeful for swift recovery (April 5, 2011), link.

29 MAFF: The Damages caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Actions taken by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (July 6, 2011), link.