FDA to monitor food from Japan
The nuclear plant crisis in Japan has so far posed no risk to the food supply in the U.S., according to the Food and Drug Administration.
But the agency which regulates and monitors food safety standards said last week it is closely monitoring food coming from the country as a precaution.
The stepped up concern comes as radiation has been found in spinach and milk at farms near a Japanese plant that is fighting a meltdown after this month’s earthquake.
As part of its investigation, the FDA is tracking data on food from Japan, including where it is grown, harvested and manufactured to monitor potential risk in the future.
Food from Japan make up less than 4 percent of all imported foods, the FDA said.
The agency said it does not track where fields and farms are located in other countries, so it is unclear if any are near the Fukushima nuclear reactor. But FDA officials said production was stopped at fisheries and farms because of damage from the tsunami and earthquake.
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