Will Pacific-caught seafood be safe to eat following the recent nuclear disaster in Japan. The short answer is that things look promising. Here’s why. According to the Food and Drug Administration, less than four percent of total US food imports come from Japan and most of that is packaged foods and snacks that are more typically found in speciality markets and imported food sections of your grocer.
Leafy greens, dairy and meat the foods most susceptible to radioactive contamination are a rare import. When it comes to seafood, the US imports about two percent of its supply from Japan, but most of that is caught well out to sea, and not from fish farms in coastal regions such as the area where the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex sits. Any foods from that area could prove problematic, but given the devastation done by the tsunami to that region, it’s unlikely that any goods will be imported from there anytime soon. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed magazine from Perendale Publishers
Leafy greens, dairy and meat the foods most susceptible to radioactive contamination are a rare import. When it comes to seafood, the US imports about two percent of its supply from Japan, but most of that is caught well out to sea, and not from fish farms in coastal regions such as the area where the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex sits. Any foods from that area could prove problematic, but given the devastation done by the tsunami to that region, it’s unlikely that any goods will be imported from there anytime soon. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed magazine from Perendale Publishers
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