December 29, 2011

Top 50 radiation-contaminated foods in Japan 2011

By MW Food, Government, Health, Japan 0 Comments

Japan’s national provisional safety limit for levels of radioactive cesium in food is 500 becquerels per kilogram. Let’s Japan reviewed food-test data issued by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare covering the period from March 1, 2011 – Dec. 21, 2011.

Highest becquerels per kilogram levels

		Becquerels/kg
		Cesium-134	Cesium-137
1.	Spinach	20,000	20,000
2.	Hatsutake ♦	8000	11,000
3.	Sand lance ◊	7100	7300
4.	Broccoli	7000	6900
5.	Shiitake ♦ (dried)	6940	6940
6.	Shiitake ♦ (outdoor)	6400	6600
7.	Beef	4350	4350
8.	Shiitake ♦ (log-grown)	3600	3600
9.	Unrefined tea leaf	3000	3000
10.	Ayu ◊	2100	2300
11.	Parsley	2100	2110
12.	Turnip	2000	2100
13.	Komatsuna †	1700	1700
14.	Japanese mitten crab	1600	1700
15.	Bamboo shoot	1500	1600
16.	Maitake ♦	1300	1500
17.	Cabbage	1300	1400
18.	Yuzu ‡	1100	1300
19.	Refined tea leaf	959	1170
20.	Chestnuts	940	1100
21.	Pacific cod	800	800
22.	Sea urchin	640	640
23.	Wakame seaweed	590	610
24.	Hijiki seaweed	510	590
25.	Goya †	440	580
26.	Kakina †	555	555
27.	Stone flounder	480	550
28.	Cherry salmon	480	510
29.	Mizuna†	450	460
30.	Japanese smelt	410	460
31.	Hatake-shimeji ♦	380	440
32.	Greenling fish	380	400
33.	Ume ‡	360	400
34.	Japanese seabass	300	370
35.	Blue mussel	310	340
36.	Wheat	310	320
37.	Pomegranate	250	310
38.	Righteye flounder	240	290
39.	Sea cucumber	260	270
40.	Naratake ♦	128	155
41.	Nameko ♦ (log-grown)	171	134
42.	Oyster	88	120
43.	Fugu ◊	77	95
44.	Rice	79	84
45.	Buckwheat	71	78
46.	Pacific cod	65	77
47.	Kiwfruit	48	69
48.	Conger	44	63
49.	Sweet potato	39	41
50.	Horse mackerel	29	38
key	◊ fish
	‡ fruit
	† vegetable
	♦ mushroom Japanese mushrooms