Off to market: A farmer leads a cow from a barn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday. KYODOMiyagi beef had previously tested positive for high levels of radioactive substances following the triple meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.Beef processed from cattle shipped from Miyagi Prefecture will be auctioned off Friday morning and sold to consumers and dealers if its safety is confirmed by private-sector laboratories, which will check for radioactive contamination.The Miyagi government said 636 cattle farms in the prefecture that didn't use tainted rice straw as feed were the first to get the green light to ship their cows.Farms will be allowed to ship one cow per day for the time being. The prefecture said about 100 cows a day will be sent to meat centers in the cities of Sendai and Tome.The laboratories will check 1 kg of beef per cow for contamination. The beef can be marketed if the amount of radioactive cesium detected is 50 becquerels or lower per kilogram.On July 28, the central government instructed Miyagi to halt cattle shipments but lifted the ban Friday.The government instructed the Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwate and Tochigi prefectural governments between July and early August to ban cattle shipments. Miyagi was the first to be allowed to resume shipments.The central government decided Friday to keep in place Fukushima's ban after beef contaminated with excessive levels of radioactive cesium was newly detected.2011年8月24日水曜日
Shipments of beef cattle from Miyagi are resumed
SENDAI — Farms resumed Tuesday shipping beef cattle raised in Miyagi Prefecture after the central government lifted a ban late last week.Off to market: A farmer leads a cow from a barn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday. KYODOMiyagi beef had previously tested positive for high levels of radioactive substances following the triple meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.Beef processed from cattle shipped from Miyagi Prefecture will be auctioned off Friday morning and sold to consumers and dealers if its safety is confirmed by private-sector laboratories, which will check for radioactive contamination.The Miyagi government said 636 cattle farms in the prefecture that didn't use tainted rice straw as feed were the first to get the green light to ship their cows.Farms will be allowed to ship one cow per day for the time being. The prefecture said about 100 cows a day will be sent to meat centers in the cities of Sendai and Tome.The laboratories will check 1 kg of beef per cow for contamination. The beef can be marketed if the amount of radioactive cesium detected is 50 becquerels or lower per kilogram.On July 28, the central government instructed Miyagi to halt cattle shipments but lifted the ban Friday.The government instructed the Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwate and Tochigi prefectural governments between July and early August to ban cattle shipments. Miyagi was the first to be allowed to resume shipments.The central government decided Friday to keep in place Fukushima's ban after beef contaminated with excessive levels of radioactive cesium was newly detected.
Off to market: A farmer leads a cow from a barn in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Tuesday. KYODOMiyagi beef had previously tested positive for high levels of radioactive substances following the triple meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.Beef processed from cattle shipped from Miyagi Prefecture will be auctioned off Friday morning and sold to consumers and dealers if its safety is confirmed by private-sector laboratories, which will check for radioactive contamination.The Miyagi government said 636 cattle farms in the prefecture that didn't use tainted rice straw as feed were the first to get the green light to ship their cows.Farms will be allowed to ship one cow per day for the time being. The prefecture said about 100 cows a day will be sent to meat centers in the cities of Sendai and Tome.The laboratories will check 1 kg of beef per cow for contamination. The beef can be marketed if the amount of radioactive cesium detected is 50 becquerels or lower per kilogram.On July 28, the central government instructed Miyagi to halt cattle shipments but lifted the ban Friday.The government instructed the Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwate and Tochigi prefectural governments between July and early August to ban cattle shipments. Miyagi was the first to be allowed to resume shipments.The central government decided Friday to keep in place Fukushima's ban after beef contaminated with excessive levels of radioactive cesium was newly detected.
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