DEC. 2011

No.74

LIVING GUIDE MORIOKA
MORIOKA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION
e-mail moriintl@nifty.com〒 020-8531 MORIOKA-SHI WAKAZONO-CHO 2-18
TEL 019-626-7524

http://www.e-morioka.com/~moriintl/top.html

Food Safety
Many people have been concerned about radioactive contamination in substances
since the Fukushima nuclear accident which was triggered by the Great East Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11th, 2011.
In Iwate prefecture a lot of cities and towns have confirmed the safety of the airand agricultural and dairy products by checking radioactivity in them.
When agricultural and dairy products indicate numerical values which are overtemporary safety limits based on Food Sanitation Act, those products are notsupposed to be distributed.

〇 The results of measurement～ Meat ～＜ Beef ＞
Number of checked cattle

4,695 Blanket testing of beef cattle has been

Below the temporary safety limit (500Bq/kg)

4,689 conducted and the result is listed on

Over the temporary safety limit (500Bq/kg)

6

Reference:“Informationofofenvironmental
environmentalradioactivity
radioactivity
Reference:"Information(accident (accidentat FukushimaNo1&No2 NuclearStation)”,at Fukushima
No 1& NoPower
2 NuclearStation)",
Iwate prefecture HP
Iwate prefecture HP

the left (as of December 19, 2011).
The affected beef has already been
disposed.

＜ Pork, Chicken, Chicken egg ＞
Items
Pork

Checked Places

Chicken Shiwa Town
egg
Shizukuishi Town

October
27 & 28

Iwaizumi Town
Hachimantai City

ChickenChecked Dates

Shiwa Town

Chicken Ninohe City

Pork（Unit：Bq/kg）

Sumita Town
※As of December 19, 2011

Cesium-137

Iodine-131

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

November
24 & 28

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

December 7

Not detected

Not detected

Not detected

Morioka City
Ninohe City

Cesium-134

Reference:"Informationof environmentalradioactivity(accidentat
Reference:“Informationof environmentalradioactivity(accident at Fukushima
No1&No2 No
NuclearStation)”,
Iwate prefecture
Fukushima
1& No 2Power
NuclearStation)",Iwate
prefecture HPHPAs the measurements show, not detectedor below the safety limits, the safetyof dairy products in Morioka region isconfirmed. When measurements are over thesafety limits or show quite high levelsof radioactivity, shipments of theaffected products will surely be banned.

※ Temporary safety limit
Items～ Agricultural Products ～As to agricultural products, the temporary
safety limits for radioactive Cesium and
Iodine are listed on the right.

（Unit：Bq/kg）

CesiumIodineVegetables & Fruits

500

2,000

Grain (incl.Soybean)

500－※ The results on agricultural products harvested no earlier than August are listed below.
（Unit：Bq/kg）

Items

SoybeanGrown-on-log
Shiitake
mushroom

Apple

Newly
harvested
Rice

Checked Places
Morioka City

October(Ota, Kami-Iioka)

24 & 26

Morioka City(Tamayama-ku)

October 25

Shiwa Town

October 24

Morioka City(Kami-kazuma)
Morioka City(Yabukawa)
Morioka City
(Kawame, Ueda, Isari,Ogayu, Teshiromori,Yuzawa, Tamayama-ku
Shibutami)
Morioka City
(Kawame, Ueda, Isari,Ogayu, Teshiromori,Yuzawa)
Morioka City
Morioka City

Green Onion
DaikonRadishHachimantai City

28

36－

Not detected Not detected

－3.2

5.5

Not detected

Not detected

2.7

Not detected1319

Not detected

October 4

Not detected Not detected Not detected

August 24

Not detected Not detected Not detected

September 20

Not detected Not detected－Not detected Not detected－October 14October 11

Yahaba Town

August 31

Not detected Not detected Not detected

September 27

Not detected Not detected Not detected

September 2

Not detected Not detected Not detected

Shiwa Town

August 8

Shizukuishi Town

August 9※As of December 19, 2011

Iodine-131

Not detected Not detected Not detected

October 13Kuzumaki Town

Cesium-137

November
1 & 4

Shizukuishi Town

Green Pepper Iwate Town
Wheat

October 14

Shiwa Town

Iwate Town

Cesium-134

Not detected Not detected Not detected

Morioka City(Yanagawa)Morioka City
Buckwheat
NoodleChecked Dates

Not detected Not detected Not detected

Reference:"Information of environmental radioactivity(accident at Fukushima No 1& No 2
Nuclear Station)",Iwate prefecture HP"Information of agricultural and dairy products",Morioka City HP

Testing agricultural products forradioactive contamination will be
continued at their harvest times.
This No.74 Living Guide Morioka
features "Food Safety" to let you know
the measurements of the radioactive
contamination in food.
Iwate Prefecture and Morioka City
provide information of the radioactive
contamination in the air at schools
and parks, and tap water along with
agricultural and dairy products.
The measurement results are updatedcontinually.Please visit HPs on theright.

＜ Iwate prefecture home page ＞
URL ⇒ http://www.pref.iwate.jp/
view.rbz?cd=32066 (Japanese)＜ Morioka City home page ＞
・Regarding agricultural and dairy products
URL ⇒ http://www.city.morioka.iwate.jp/
07sangyo/nosei/housyanou/index.html(Japanese)

・Regarding the measurements of theradioactivity in substances
URL ⇒ http://www.city.morioka.iwate.jp/
05kankyo/kankyo/index.html(Japanese)