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Gov't lifts ban on shipments of 'kakina' vegetable from Tochigi
TOKYO, April 14 Kyodo - The government has lifted the ban on shipments of ''kakina'' leafy vegetables from Tochigi Prefecture after the level of radioactive materials detected stabilized below the safety limit, its top spokesman Yukio Edano said Thursday.
The ban on shipments of the vegetable from Tochigi, southwest of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, was lifted for the first time in around three weeks. But shipment restrictions on Tochigi spinach will remain in place, the chief Cabinet secretary said.
The government imposed the shipment ban on the two vegetables from Tochigi on March 21 following the detection of radioactivity levels on par or higher than the limits set by the food sanitation law.
In the latest measurements, 43 and 33 becquerels of cesium per 1 kilogram were found in two kakina samples collected in Tochigi Prefecture, far lower than the safety limit of 500 becquerels, government officials said. No radioactive iodine, for which the safety level is set at 2,000 becquerels, was discovered.
Measurements of radioactive materials will continue for kakina until shipments are scheduled to end in early May.
Also on Thursday, the Tochigi prefectural government lifted a voluntarily shipment ban on ''shungiku,'' another leafy green vegetable, after radioactivity levels in samples taken from five different locations were confirmed to have dropped below the safety limit.
The ban on shipments of the vegetable from Tochigi, southwest of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, was lifted for the first time in around three weeks. But shipment restrictions on Tochigi spinach will remain in place, the chief Cabinet secretary said.
The government imposed the shipment ban on the two vegetables from Tochigi on March 21 following the detection of radioactivity levels on par or higher than the limits set by the food sanitation law.
In the latest measurements, 43 and 33 becquerels of cesium per 1 kilogram were found in two kakina samples collected in Tochigi Prefecture, far lower than the safety limit of 500 becquerels, government officials said. No radioactive iodine, for which the safety level is set at 2,000 becquerels, was discovered.
Measurements of radioactive materials will continue for kakina until shipments are scheduled to end in early May.
Also on Thursday, the Tochigi prefectural government lifted a voluntarily shipment ban on ''shungiku,'' another leafy green vegetable, after radioactivity levels in samples taken from five different locations were confirmed to have dropped below the safety limit.
