April 4, 2011

Thai's FDA warns over Japanese seafood

According to FDA's secretary-general Pipat Yingseri, FDA's officials on Friday disseminate related information to as well as called for cooperation from supermarkets and Japanese restaurants to be more cautious on selling foods produced from Japan.

The secretary-general added that from April 7, the agency would issue new announcements to put stricter control on food imports contaminated with Iodine-131 and Cesium-134, apart from the currently controlled Cesium-137.

Currently, the FDA set up a standard for Iodine-131 at 100 Bq/ kg (becquerel per kilogram) of radiation and at 1,000 Bq/kg for Cesium-134 and 137.

Following the eruption of nuclear crisis in Japan, the FDA has teamed up with other relevant agencies since March 16 to conduct examination on some 94 samples of food products imported from the country.