(Provisional translation of the part on fishery products)
Press release
20 April, 2012
Results of the measurements of radioactivity in agricultural, forestry and fishery products in Miyagi Prefecture
The Miyagi Prefectural Government has conducted the measurements of radioactivity in the agricultural, forestry and fishery product samples taken in Miyagi Prefecture. The results of the measurements are as follows.
1. Measurement date 18~ 20 April, 2012 2. Facility that conduct the measurement and analysis Facility items Detection limit (Bq/Kg) Vegetable 15 Milk 1.1 Miyagi prefecture Forestry Products 8~14 Fishery Products 9~13 Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Fishery Products 1.36 Corporation Mizuken Co. Ltd. Fishery Products 13.1~15.4 Tohoku Ryokka Kankyohozen Fishery Products 0.87~1.12 IDEA Consultants, Inc. Fishery Products 1.06~1.2 National Research Institute of Fisheries Fishery Products 0.95~9.9 Science, Fisheries Research Agency Japan Chemical Analysis Center Fishery Products 0.85~1.12 3. Results of the measurement Following the six items exceed the Standard limit for radioactive Cesium. Items Origin Introduced measures Forestry Log-Grown Osaki City The Japanese government imposed shipment Products Shiitake restriction on April 20, 2012. mushroom (Lentinula edodess) Outdoor grown Fishery Seabass South of Kinkazan The Japanese government has imposed Products (Lateolabrax shipment restriction since April 12, 2012. japonicus) Whitespotted char Ookura, Aoba-ku, Sendai The Miyagi prefectural government has (wild) City called producers to voluntarily refrain from (Salvelinus (Yokokawa river) shipping since April 19, 2012. leucomaenis) Land-locked Sano, Marumori Town The Japanese government imposed shipment salmon (wild) (Kijio river) restriction on April 20, 2012. (Oncorhynchus masou) Japanese dace Kanayama, Marumori (wild) Town (Tribolodon (Abukuma river) hakonensis) Panther puffer South of Kinkazan The Miyagi prefectural government called (Takifugu producers to voluntarily refrain from pardalis) shipping on April 20, 2012. (attached document is omitted)
Other all the measurement values for agricultural, forestry and fishery products are below the standard limit; the safety of these products is confirmed. The radioactivity values shown in the table below are as of the sampling date. “Not detectable” means that radioactivity is below the detection limit. *Please see the website “Radiation Information Site Miyagi” to search detection limit of each item.
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(ニ) Fishery products (sampling date: 8~18 April, 2012 ) (Unit: Becquerel/kg)
Radioactive cesium
Species Sampling site Area The standard limit in Measurement the Food Sanitation value Act Mantis shrimp Ogihama Bay Not detectable (Oratosquilla oratoria) 100 Wakame seaweed Offshore Ogihama Not North of of North Kinkasan (Undaria pinnatifida) Bay detectable North Pacific krill Offshore Motoyoshi 0.76 (Euphausia pacifica) Town, Oya North Pacific krill Kinkazan - Offshore 0.66 (Euphausia pacifica) Enoshima
Sohachi flounder Offshore Ogatsu Town 11.9 (Cleisthenes pinetorum) Osu
Slime flounder Offshore Ogatsu Town 0.71 (Microstomus achne) Osu
Olive flounder Offshore Ogatsu Town 6.7 (Paralichthys olivaceus) Osu
Marbled flounder Offshore Ogatsu Town 2.8 (Pleuronectes yokohamae) Osu
Flathead flounder Offshore Ogatsu Town 3.2 (Hippoglossoides dubius) Osu
Fat greenling Onagawa Bay 4.3 (Hexagrammos otaki)
Black rockfish Not Onagawa Bay (Sebastes schlegeli) detectable
Brown hakeling Not Onagawa Bay (Physiculus maximowiczi) detectable
Ocellate spot skate Not Onagawa Bay (Okamejei kenojei ) detectable
Sea raven Offshore Ogatsu 4 (Hemitripterus villosus)
Stone flounder Offshore Enoshima, Not (Kareius bicoloratus) Onagawa Town detectable
Horsehair crab Offshore Ogatsu Town Not (Erimacrus isenbeckii) Osu detectable Offshore Higashi Seabass Matsushima City 42 (Lateolabrax japonicus) Hamaichi Offshore Higashi Panther puffer Matsushima City 62 (Takifugu pardalis Hamaichi Offshore Fat greenling Kinkazan of South Tashiroshima, 10.8 (Hexagrammos otakii) Ishinomaki City Olive flounder Offshore Yamamoto 24 (Paralichthys olivaceus Sendai Bay Seabass Offshore Watari 162*1 (Lateolabrax japonicus) Town Yoshida Tiger puffer Offshore Watari Town 19 (Takifugu rubripes) Yoshida
Panther puffer Offshore Iwanuma 146 (Takifugu pardalis) City Ninokura
Bigeye tuna Offshore Pacific Not detectable (Thunnus obesus) Ocean
Yellowfin tuna Offshore Pacific Not detectable (Thunnus albacares) Ocean
Minke whale Offshore Miyagi Fisheries Offshore 0.7 (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Whitespotted char Osaki City 86 (Salvelinus leucomaenis) (Arao river) Sendai City Whitespotted char (Yokokawa river, 198*2 (Salvelinus leucomaenis) branch of Okura river) Whitespotted char Zao Town 30 (Salvelinus leucomaenis) (Sumikawa river) Freshwater fishery Land-locked salmon Marumori Town 271*2 (Oncorhynchus masou) (Kijio river)
Japanese dace Marumori Town 407*2 (Tribolodon hakonensis) (Abukuma river)
*1 The Committee for against radioactivity on fishery products had called fishermen to voluntarily refrain from landing of seabass at the area since March 30, 2012. In addition, the Japanese government has imposed shipment restriction on seabass at the area since April 12, 2012.
*2 Published on April 19.