NUCLEAR - The product has been quarantined and will be subject to destruction by a specialist ...
A lot of green tea from Japan, containing twice as much cesium as the maximum permissible level, was intercepted at the airport of Roissy in Paris, and must be destroyed, said Friday that the direction of consumption ( DGCCRF ) in a statement.
This is a lot of 162 kg of dried leaves from the Shizuoka Prefecture (center).This is the first time that radioactive products are detected in France as part of the controls put in place following the accident in Fukushima.
Cesium contamination above the maximum level
Laboratory testing revealed contamination by cesium 1,038 Bq / kg, exceeding the maximum permissible level set at European level, which is 500 Bq / kg for this type of product, says the DGCCRF.
The product has been quarantined and will be subject to destruction by a specialist.
DGCCRF decided to "establish a systematic monitoring of all plants from the same Japanese prefecture" and "will enter the European Commission to add the prefecture of Shizuoka prefecture to the list for which EU rules impose a control systematically from Japan. "
A lot of green tea from Japan, containing twice as much cesium as the maximum permissible level, was intercepted at the airport of Roissy in Paris, and must be destroyed, said Friday that the direction of consumption ( DGCCRF ) in a statement.
This is a lot of 162 kg of dried leaves from the Shizuoka Prefecture (center).This is the first time that radioactive products are detected in France as part of the controls put in place following the accident in Fukushima.
Cesium contamination above the maximum level
Laboratory testing revealed contamination by cesium 1,038 Bq / kg, exceeding the maximum permissible level set at European level, which is 500 Bq / kg for this type of product, says the DGCCRF.
The product has been quarantined and will be subject to destruction by a specialist.
DGCCRF decided to "establish a systematic monitoring of all plants from the same Japanese prefecture" and "will enter the European Commission to add the prefecture of Shizuoka prefecture to the list for which EU rules impose a control systematically from Japan. "
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