Japan Food Contamination

More than 300 people across Japan have fallen ill after eating frozen food products contaminated with pesticide, reports said on Tuesday.

Traces of radiation spilled from Japan's hobbled nuclear plant were detected in baby formula Tuesday in the latest case of contaminated food in the nation.

Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said in a statement late Thursday that it found small levels of contamination in samples of Japanese mustard, parsley and two other plants imported from the prefectures of To...

Tokyo residents shunned fish and prepared to stop buying vegetables as further radiation food contamination was reported on Monday.At the city's traditional Ameyoko market, fishmongers had few customers as they tried in vain to interest shoppers in their wares."Customers do not come to buy fish in this situation," said Tadashi Higano, a 60-year-old...

Japan appeared to make moderate progress in stabilizing some of the nuclear reactors at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Sunday, but at the same time it disclosed new signs of radioactive contamination in agricultural produce and livestock.The government said it was barring all shipments of milk from Fukushima Prefecture and shipments ...

More than 300 people across Japan have fallen ill after eating frozen food products contaminated with pesticide, reports said on Tuesday.

Traces of radiation spilled from Japan's hobbled nuclear plant were detected in baby formula Tuesday in the latest case of contaminated food in the nation.

Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said in a statement late Thursday that it found small levels of contamination in samples of Japanese mustard, parsley and two other plants imported from the prefectures of To...

Tokyo residents shunned fish and prepared to stop buying vegetables as further radiation food contamination was reported on Monday.At the city's traditional Ameyoko market, fishmongers had few customers as they tried in vain to interest shoppers in their wares."Customers do not come to buy fish in this situation," said Tadashi Higano, a 60-year-old...

Japan appeared to make moderate progress in stabilizing some of the nuclear reactors at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant on Sunday, but at the same time it disclosed new signs of radioactive contamination in agricultural produce and livestock.The government said it was barring all shipments of milk from Fukushima Prefecture and shipments ...