Beef from Fukushima found with high levels of radioactive cesium (JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

The Tokyo metropolitan government on July 8 detected levels of radioactive cesium 4.6 times the national standard in meat from a cow raised in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, officials said.

The beef, from the neck of an animal raised at a Minami-Soma ranch, showed cesium levels of 2,300 becquerels per kilogram. The national standard is 500 becquerels.

Metropolitan government officials said it was the first time radioactive elements at levels exceeding national standards were detected in beef.

Meat from 10 other cattle from the same ranch were also sent to the slaughterhouse and tested, officials said.

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