Japan to restrict rice shipments in Fukushima on Radiation

Japan will restrict rice shipments from an area in Fukushima prefecture after a sample exceeded a new government safety standard for the first time since a stricter level was imposed, rekindling food-safety concerns.

The restriction will be imposed on the Nishifukuro area in Sukagawa city, where grain containing 110 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram was found, said Tomoyuki Araki at the grain division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The limit is 100 becquerels.