Well ... Wow! Infant Formula Japan Radiation Exposure

Tuesday, 12/06/2011 17:20 pm
Well ... Wow! Infant Formula Japan Radiation Exposure
Rita Uli Hutapea - detikNews

Tokyo - Wow ... wow! Radiation contamination has been found in infant formula brands Japan, Meiji. Producers suspect it comes from the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Fukushima Daiichi ever troubled by the earthquake and tsunami in March.

Meiji, milk producers and the big pharmaceutical claims to have attracted about 400 thousand cans of infant formula "Meiji Step" containing a small amount of radioactive cesium-134 and-137 ceasium them.

According to the Meiji as reported by AFP on Tuesday (12/06/2011), contamination levels ranging from 22 to 31 becquerels per kilogram. As for the declared safe limit is 200-becquerel.

Infant formula is manufactured in a factory in Saitama prefecture, about 200 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Meiji suspect, radioactive cesium has been entered into the milk formula during the drying process and not having been present in the raw materials used. Emphasized Meiji, the exact cause of the radiation contamination is not yet clear.

This announcement will certainly cause more anxiety for the safety of Japanese food, especially for small children. Previously the Japanese government has stated, many remain safe for consumption foodstuffs including rice produced in Fukushima. But then the Japanese government announced that a number of agricultural products in the region have been contaminated by radioactive.


(ita / vit)