In the US:
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/03/11/fukushima-watch-food-exports-still-restricted-by-radiation-fears/
March 11, 2013, 4:05 PM
Fukushima Watch: Food Exports Still Restricted by Radiation Fears
By Eleanor Warnock
For U.S. residents hankering for some wild boar or deer meat from Tochigi prefecture in northeastern Japan–sorry, it’s still not allowed. That’s because the U.S. is one of
44 countries and regions that still haven’t lifted all restrictions on food imports from Japan due to worries about radiation in the aftermath of the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that began in March 2011.
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Though the extent of radiation contamination isn’t fully known, many countries remain wary.
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The U.S., one of Japan’s largest trading partners, still has a ban on imports of many leaf vegetables and tea from the disaster areas. But nearby China and South Korea have some of the toughest restrictions–unsurprising perhaps, given recent territorial disputes.
South Korea bans imports of produce such as spinach from several prefectures, and all mushrooms from 12 prefectures.
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https://www.baycitizen.org/news/environmental-health/government-under-fire-radiation-milk/
Government Under Fire as Radiation Is Found in Milk, Rain
Federal officials have still not published any official data on nuclear fallout from Japan disaster
by John Upton?— April 1, 2011, 6:34 p.m.
Radiation from Japan rained on Berkeley during recent storms at levels that exceeded drinking water standards by 181 times and has been detected in multiple milk samples, but the U.S. government has still not published any official data on nuclear fallout here from the Fukushima disaster.
Dangers from radiation that is wafting over the United States from the Fukushima power plant disaster and falling with rain have been downplayed by government officials and others, who say its impacts are so fleeting and minor as to be negligible.
But critics say an absence of federal data on the issue is hampering efforts to develop strategies for preventing radioactive isotopes from accumulating in the nation's food and water supplies.
Three weeks after the Fukushima nuclear power plant began spewing radiation into the world’s air, the U.S. government still has not revealed the amount of iodine-131 or other radioactive elements that have fallen as precipitation or made their way into milk supplies or drinking water.
“The official mantra from a lot of folks in government is, ‘Oh, it’s OK in low levels,’” said Patty Lovera, a Washington-based assistant director at the nonprofit Food and Water Watch.
“But low levels add up. We would like to see a more coherent strategy for monitoring air and water in agricultural areas and then using that data to come up with a plan, if you need one, to go look at the food system.”
Radiation falling with rain can cover grass that is eaten by cows and other animals. It can also fall on food crops or accumulate in reservoirs that are used for irrigation or drinking water. Seafood can also be affected.
Food and Water Watch sent a letter to President Barack Obama and members of his cabinet and Congress on Thursday urging the federal government to improve its monitoring of radiation in agricultural land and food in the wake of the Japanese tragedy.
“The three agencies that monitor almost all of the food Americans eat … have insisted that the U.S. food supply is safe,” the letter states. “The agencies, however, have done very little to detail specific ways in which they are responding to the threat of radiation in food.”
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