Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Japan probe of contaminated beef widens

Japan announced Tuesday that all beef was found superior to radiation safety standards the Government will be destroyed as a probe of contaminated beef from the power Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear paralysis develops.

This week, the governments of the three prefectures in Japan said to try all radioactive contamination of beef.

The prefectures are Akita, Yamagata and Niigata.

The move comes a week after the government banned all shipments of cattle raised in Fukushima Prefecture, was the region, the nuclear plant is paralyzed.

Two of beef cattle from Akita and Yamagata positive radiocaesium provincial governments, which the Government believes occurred when the cows ate the contaminated products from rice straw Miyagi Prefecture, the officials said.

From Niigata, 111 cattle were found to have been sent for processing, after they were probably fed contaminated straw.

The Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday that all meat in the detection of radioactive cesium than the safety of government will be captured and destroyed by the meat industry group.

This group will then ask, Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the crippled nuclear plant to compensate.

March 11 earthquake and tsunami led to the collapse in Fukushima Daiichi three reactors in operation, when the tsunami knocked out of the cooling system, causing the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

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