Fukushima beef being shipped to US restaurants

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2012-10-15 10:26

Cattle farmers in Fukushima Prefecture have resumed beef exports to the United States for the first time in 2 and a half years.

Farmers celebrated the shipment of 3 cattle with a ceremony on Sunday.

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The 3 cattle will be processed in Japan and the meat will be sold to upscale restaurants in the United States

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20121014_20.html

We have to thank Obama for halting all food inspections right after the Fukushima disaster and now he is generously making the importation of meat from Fukushima possible. We can only hope these upscale restaurants are located in Washington DC where the consumption of this meat will be most appropriate.

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Radioactive beef over cesium

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2012-10-18 18:59.

Radioactive beef over cesium limit from cow raised far outside Fukushima… As Fukushima beef shipments to US resume this week

Radioactive cesium levels above the government’s new limit have been found in beef from Miyagi Prefecture, the prefectural government said.

Meat from a cow shipped by a farmer in Tome was found to contain more than 150 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram, the Miyagi Prefectural Government said Wednesday.

The stricter limit of 150 becquerels for beef and rice took effect Oct. 1. The previous limit was 500 becquerels per kilogram.

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Miyagi Prefecture told the farmer not to ship any more cows until the investigation is completed, and asked nearby ranchers to suspend shipments voluntarily.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121018x2.html