Published: October 18th, 2012 at 12:05 pm ET
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Title: Cesium above new limit in Miyagi beef
Source: Jiji
Date: Oct. 18, 2012
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.
See also: Watch: Fukushima beef being shipped to US restaurants (VIDEO)
Published: October 18th, 2012 at 12:05 pm ET
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I was makin' sure you weren't hyperventilatin g ...
sending...
Voluntarily. (?)
..and 'what if' just one does not do 'the right thing' because they have farm payments and a family to feed. (or if one makes a mistake, so to speak) We know that's coming. (no brainer)
Someone could get sick, a child might die or suffer.
Q: Who covers their loses for this contamination?
A: Nobody
1. People are going to eat.
2. Farmers will sell their product.
3. Lack of 100% testing will have a negative result.
4. Many will suffer due to this negligence.
Seems straight forward to me.
Note: 144 km = 89.48 mi
(that's a long way)
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Consumption of any food products from the fallout zone will be extremely dangerous for public health. The livestock itself at this point is having trouble staying alive in the contamination. Once the radioactive isotopes concentrate in meat the concentrations will be quite high. The contamination zone is 500km yet life goes on until the Lethal Dose level starts showing up in people. The time it takes to concentrate these levels of radiation is not hard when you eat contaminated food and breathe the particles all day.
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100 BQ/KG is low level radioactive waste.
But in Japan it's food.
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I have fond memories of beef. Seafood too.
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Good one!
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**** I think this only applies to the first year after a nuclear accident —>
"The Food and Drug Administration's Derived Intervention Levels (DIL) for food interdiction are 170 Bq/kg for I-131 and 1200 Bq/kg for Cs-137 + Cs-134."
Source: Enformable
http://www.scribd.com/doc/105124592/Pages-From-ML12188A292-April-9th-2011-Summary-of-Radiological-Hazards-in-Japan
**** Here is the FDA document that lays out the "DIL's"
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationsandGuidance/GuidanceDocuments/UCM094513.pdf
**** DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE "ALLOWABLE" LEVELS OF RADIATION IN U.S. FOOD IS NOW?
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Look at this page on the EPA's website
It's called:
"COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED RADIONUCLIDES"
On the list is plutonium, strontium, tritium, etc.
We shouldn't be "commonly" encountering plutonium, strontium, tritium, etc. at all.
This goes to show how casual and unapologetic our exposure to these dangerous radionucludes is considered.
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/index.html
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You've got to be kidding! Japan exports Beef to the USA? Really????
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Hi dave14139
Wonder if we import our beef to Japan?
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Think we read the USA is "raising" the radiation levels allowable in foods..but heck if I can find the comment…
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Hi jec
Been looking for that also, can't find it either.
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Here jec
This was in 2011
America and EU Agree: Raise Radiation Levels for Food
CLICK…http://www.activistpost.com/2011/04/eu-follows-epa-raises-acceptable.html
Not sure if it was raised again?
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Still trying to find U.S. rad limits in foods and found this:
Here's how much "radionuclide emissions to the ambient air" every one of us is "allowed" to be exposed to:
1. the annual effective dose equivalent (ede) to any individual must not exceed 10 millirem (mrem)
2. the annual ede from radioiodine must not exceed 3 mrem
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/neshaps/subparti/index.html
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Radiation Safety Standards for Food: Comparing Chernobyl vs Fukushima; via A Green Road
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/radiation-safety-standards-for-food.html
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Radiation dangers in food and water; via A Green Road http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/radiation-contamination-standards-for.html
Radioactive Bananas? Peeling The Mystery; via A Green Road http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2012/03/radioactive-bananas-peeling-mystery.html
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The only people who are going to order this beef are morons and Japanese business men visiting the U.S.
[ Cool Japan ]
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We will never know where this beef will end up. It will be mixed & sold throughout the Us. No one will know where it ends up.
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Hi MaidenHeaven
The contaminated beef and everything else should be stopped from coming in. Is there anything over there that can be free of contamination?
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Hi WindorSolarPlease, yes if vegetables are grown in a greenhouse & used soil that was *packaged prior to 3/11, & used spring water. It would certainly be safer.
And the irony that because we generally keep cattle, chicken & pigs indoors & are fed grain that has been fermented, it may actually limit our exposure. No more eating *organic grass fed animals.
If we take some of the Heritage seeds out of cold storage & grow them indoors with spring water we reduce our exposure.
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Hi MaidenHeaven,
Since there is high radiation in Japan, can this be done there, and be able to have the safe food shipped here?
Wouldn't they want to keep as much safe food there?
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No.
[ Cool Japan ]
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Considering the exported beef going to the U.S. is the ridiculously expensive Wagyu going for $51 to $77 per kilogram, I figure it is all pre-sold to high-end Japanese restaurants. It is doubtful this stuff will be de-branded and mixed with regular $8 per kilogram beef.
Beef ref:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/usa-japan-beef-idUSL4E8JO0M720120824
[ Cool Japan ]
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The Cesium limit for the US is higher than Japan's. The irony…Japan has the nuclear accident & the US exceeds Japans limits…it indicates an excessive amount of contamination in the Northern Hemisphere.
The US intervention level is 1000 bq/kg, double the Japanese emergency levels of 500 bq/kg.
http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=8004
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MaidenHeaven, when levels change, they change the limits. I think we have been dealing with radiation for a very long time. Fukushima just added more that might tip the scale.
Thanks for the link.
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If this won't get people to finally go vegetarian for their sake and the sake of our planet, nothing will.
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Well, BreadAndButter, problem is, is that the plants aren't safe to eat either.
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Hi BreadAndButter & CBuck
Breathing isn't safe either, so pass me some ice cream.
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Might as well go out happy, right?
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Yes CBuck..lol
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Derived Intervention Levels (DILs) for Each Radionuclide Group for Food in Domestic Commerce and Food Offered for Import
Radionuclide Group DIL
(Bq/kg)
Strontium-90 160
Iodine-131 170
Cesium-134 + Cesium-137 1200
Plutonium-238 + Plutonium-239 + Americium-241 2
Ruthenium-103 + Ruthenium-106c ( C3 / 6800 ) + ( C6 / 450 ) < 1
FDA determines whether foods contain unsafe levels of radionuclides on a case-by-case basis, considering the totality of the circumstances and the extent to which those circumstances depart from the assumptions that underlie the derivation of DILs. The DILs adopted in this CPG are not binding on FDA, the regulated industry, or the courts. In any given case, FDA may decide to initiate an enforcement action against food with concentrations below the DILs or decide not to initiate an enforcement action against food with concentrations that meet or exceed the DILs.
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/ComplianceManuals/CompliancePolicyGuidanceManual/ucm074576
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I had it all nice & lined up…
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Everyone needs a personal geiger counter today and bring it to the groceries!!
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