Japan to tighten limits on cesium in food

Japan to tighten limits on cesium in food

TOKYO, Japan - The Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council, an advisory council to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, meets at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2012. The council decided to tighten limits on radioactive cesium found in food to between one-20th and a quarter of the current provisional limits, depending on food categories, from April 1.

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