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Chiba Prefecture Press release Results of the monitoring inspection on fisheries products (anchovy, alfonsino, Japanese amberjack, Japanese jack mackerel and seabass) Release date: 2 July, 2012 Fisheries Division Fisheries Department Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Bureau Tel: 043-223-3030 In relation to the accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the Chiba Prefectural Government has implemented the monitoring inspection on radioactivity level, in order to ensure safety of fisheries products in Chiba Prefecture. The results of the inspection showed that radioactivity was below the Standard Limit in all the six samples analyzed this time, including anchovy landed at the Katagai Fishing Port (Kujukuri Town), alfonsino landed at the Katsuura-tobu Fishing Port, Japanese amberjack and Japanese jack mackerel landed at the Tomiura Fishing Port, Japanese jack mackerel landed at the Yasuda Fishing Port (Kyonan Town), and seabass landed at the Funabashi Port. The Chiba Prefectural Government will continue to conduct inspections of radioactive materials in fishery products, and to publicize the results promptly for ensuring the safety of Chiba’s fishery products.
Results of the inspection - Facility that conducted the analysis: Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation for No.1, 3, 4 Mizuken Co., Ltd. for No.2,6 Kyushu Environmental Evaluation Association for No.5 Unit: Bq/kg Total of Landing port / Sampling Radioactive Radioactive No Item radioactive Fishing ground date cesium-134 cesium-137 cesium
Katagai Fishing Port / Anchovy 1 Offshore Choshi and (Engraulis japonicus) 28-Jun 0.42 0.76 1.2*1 Kujukuri Whole body
Katsuura-tobu Fishing Alfonsino 2 Port / 28-Jun 0.77 1.1 1.9*1 (Beryx splendens) Offshore Sotobo
Tomiura Fishing Port/ Japanese amberjack 3 28-Jun 1.4 2.3 3.7 Offshore Uchibo (Seriola quinqueraduata) Tomiura Fishing Port/ Japanese jack mackerel 4 28-Jun 1.0 1.5 2.5 Offshore Uchibo (Trachurus japonicas)
Yasuda Fishing Port / Japanese jack mackerel 5 27-Jun 0.63 1.1 1.7*1 Offshore Uchibo (Trachurus japonicas)
Funabashi Port / Seabass 6 28-Jun 1.3 2.6 3.9 Tokyo Bay (Lateolabrax japonicus)
- Standard Limits for general foods: radioactive cesium (total of Cs-134 and Cs-137): 100 Becquerel/kg
*1: The “total of radioactive cesium” is summation of cesium-134 and 137, written to two significant figures in accordance with the notice by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Notice of Director-General, Department of Food Safety, 15 March, 2012).
The detection limits for each sample are as follows. Detection limit varies with nuclide, sample species, type of detector, etc. - Anchovy: [cesium-134] 0.42 Bq/kg, [cesium-137] 0.45 Bq/kg - Alfonsino: [cesium-134] 0.54 Bq/kg, [cesium-137] 0.58 Bq/kg - Japanese amberjack: [cesium-134] 0.46 Bq/kg, [cesium-137] 0.49 Bq/kg - Japanese jack mackerel of Tomiura: [cesium-134] 0.50 Bq/kg, [cesium-137] 0.47 Bq/kg - Japanese jack mackerel of Yasuda: [cesium-134] 0.32 Bq/kg, [cesium-137] 0.29 Bq/kg - Seabass: [cesium-134] 0.63 Bq/kg, [cesium-137] 0.84 Bq/kg