Radioactive Tea from JAPAN intercepted in France

Tea with over 1,000 Bq/kg of cesium found in Paris

ENE News
June 18, 2011

Radioactive tea from Japan detained in France, Voice of Russia, June 18, 2011:

A consignment of radioactive tea from Japan was detained by customs officials in France. The cesium content exceeded the permitted norm twofold. Reportedly, the tea was en route from Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

Japanese green tea radioactive intercepted at the airport of Roissy, AFP, June 17, 2011:

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A lot of green tea from Japan, containing twice as much cesium as the maximum permissible level, was intercepted at the airport of Roissy in Paris, and must be destroyed, said Friday that the direction of consumption (DGCCRF) in a statement.

This is a lot of 162 kg of dried leaves from the Shizuoka Prefecture (center). This is the first time that radioactive products are detected in France as part of the controls put in place following the accident in Fukushima.

Laboratory testing revealed contamination by cesium 1,038 Bq / kg, exceeding the maximum permissible level set at European level, which is 500 Bq / kg for this type of product, says the DGCCRF.

The product has been quarantined and will be subject to destruction by a specialist.

DGCCRF decided to "establish a systematic monitoring of all plants from the same Japanese prefecture" and "will enter the European Commission to add the prefecture of Shizuoka prefecture to the list for which EU rules impose a control systematically from Japan."