FDA halts of dairy, produce from Japan - seafood still OK though!

[jpak]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42215049/ns/health-food_safety/

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will halt imports of dairy products and produce from the area of Japan where a nuclear reactor is leaking radiation.

The FDA said those foods will be detained at entry and will not be sold to the public. The agency previously said it would just step up screening of those foods.

Other foods imported from Japan, including seafood, still will be sold to the public but screened first for radiation.

Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex has been leaking radiation after it was damaged in a devastating earthquake and tsunami earlier this month. The sea near the nuclear plant has also shown elevated levels of radioactive iodine and cesium, prompting the government to test seafood.

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[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Why in God's name would this country which has 100,000,000,000,000,000,000

dairy cows import milk from anywhere? I just don't get it, dairy products included. It's a huge WTF for me.

[FBaggins]

3. Milk's not the only dairy product.

It could be some specialty cheeses or something like that.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. Yeah well I heard that Kraft was putting a large cheese manufacturing in the

holy land, they plan to call it "Cheeses of Nazareth". Tada dum.

ON EDIT TO ADD: They send us powdered milk for some reason... I think that's what I read.

[FBaggins]

7. Maybe they export to japanese markets?

I know that asian markets in my area stock lots of imported products that we also produce here. Familiar brands/packaging I suppose.

[noneisthenumber]

2. Sea Food From The Leak Area Will Not Be Detained At Entry?

I would hope it would be :scared:

[FBaggins]

4. IS there any seafood being exported from the leak area?

Most of the fishing vessels from the area are sitting in the middle of a street or on top of a building.

[flamingdem]

8. I have a coupon for a free sushi dinner

Think I'll pass...

[Sabriel]

6. Hmm, I WONDER why they're turning it away....

Could it possibly be they know something about it that they're not sharing with us?