Even after explosions rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Kuniaki Sato, who raises cattle here about 20 miles from the crippled complex, said he had received no clear warning from the government about the possible dangers of radiation to his herd.
So six weeks after the accident, on April 23, he shipped 12 of his prized cattle from his farm to market.
More than 500 beef cattle that ate feed contaminated by radioactive material from Fukushima have already shipped to other parts of Japan, an initial result of inspections on the area's farms showed Monday.
Separately, Yomiuri newspaper said Japan's central government is expected to announce restrictions on shipments of beef cattle that might have eaten contaminated feed Tuesday at the earliest.
Japan's second-biggest retailer said on Sunday it had sold beef from cattle that ate nuclear-contaminated feed, the latest in a series of health scares from radiation leaking from a quake-crippled nuclear power plant.
Cases of contaminated vegetables, tea, milk, seafood and water have already stoked anxiety after the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986, despite assurances from
Demonstrators from a human chain on Friday called for taking stern action against the business of adulterated and poisonous foods that were sickening and killing innocent consumers.
Business in chemically poisoned foods and fruits has not stopped despite anti-adulteration drives of the government, the demonstrators alleged.
The human chain was organised by Save the Environment Movement in fr
After the Fukushima nuclear disaster spewed radiation across northern Japan in March, some feared that farming there would be shut down for years. But early studies of how the radiation has accumulated in plants and the soil now suggest that farmers in much of the region can go back to work.
Geneva: Escherichia coli, a deadly foodborne bacteria, has infected over 1600 people in 11 European nations, including Germany and Spain, even as experts are working to find out the source of the malady.
World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said
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