Radioactive materials beyond legal limits have been detected in broccoli and raw milk in areas close to a stricken nuclear power plant in Japan, a report said early Wednesday.
The tainted milk was in Ibaraki prefecture and the broccoli was in Fukushima, site of the troubled plant, Kyodo News said, giving no further details.
It comes amid growing concern in Japan and beyond about the safety of food from the country after cooling systems were knocked out at the Fukushima No. 1 plant in the March 11 quake and ensuing tsunami.
France has urged the European Commission to impose "systematic controls" on imports of fresh produce from Japan into the EU, amid fears of nuclear contamination, the agriculture ministry in Paris said Tuesday.
Contaminated milk had previously also been found in Fukushima, while tainted spinach had earlier been discovered in neighbouring Ibaraki.
The tainted milk was in Ibaraki prefecture and the broccoli was in Fukushima, site of the troubled plant, Kyodo News said, giving no further details.It comes amid growing concern in Japan and beyond about the safety of food from the country after cooling systems were knocked out at the Fukushima No. 1 plant in the March 11 quake and ensuing tsunami.
France has urged the European Commission to impose "systematic controls" on imports of fresh produce from Japan into the EU, amid fears of nuclear contamination, the agriculture ministry in Paris said Tuesday.
Contaminated milk had previously also been found in Fukushima, while tainted spinach had earlier been discovered in neighbouring Ibaraki.
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