WHO Warns of 'More Serious' Food Safety Problem in Japan

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With elevated amounts of radiation detected in some produce and milk in Japan, the World Health Organization said today that the food safety situation there "quite clearly" is more serious than it first believed.

The Japanese government halted shipments of milk from one area of the country and spinach from another on Sunday, according to The Associated Press, and two other crops -- canola and chrysanthemum greens -- were also found to be tainted.

A woman feeds her cattle at a farm in Kawamata, Fukushima prefecture, 45 kms west from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, on March 20.
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A woman feeds her cattle at a farm in Kawamata, 28 miles west of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japan has detected abnormal levels of radiation in milk and spinach near the stricken nuclear plant.
While the World Health Organization was initially concerned about produce originating from within 18 miles of Japan's crippled nuclear plant, which has leaked radiation, milk from cows farther away and spinach from about 75 miles away was affected, Peter Cordingley, the Manila-based spokesman for the organization's office for the Western Pacific, told CNN.

"Quite clearly, it is not what we thought in the early stages. It is more serious," he said. "We have seen Japanese people in grocery stores paying close attention to where their produce is coming from, and we think this is a wise practice."

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