Radioactive cesium exceeding the government's new limit has been
detected in rice harvested this year for the first time in Fukushima
Prefecture, the prefectural government said Wednesday.
Rice from Sukagawa was found to contain 110 becquerels of radioactive
cesium per kilogram. The level topped the stricter limit of 100 becquerels
introduced for rice on Oct. 1, against the previous limit of 500 becquerels. The
rice has not been distributed to the market, according to the prefecture, home
to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant,
which experienced the nation's worst-ever nuclear crisis. The above-limit
cesium was detected in one 30-kilogram bag out of 320 bags of brown rice
harvested at a farm in the city, the prefectural government said.
Daily Yomiuri
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