The document provides information on contamination levels in Japanese food compiled from government sources between January and April 2012. It includes a "shopping list" summarizing average contamination levels for various foods, with items like carrots and tangerines showing higher levels over 1 Bq/kg. Maps and data files online visualize contamination levels and locations. Links are provided for ongoing citizen-based radiation monitoring and databases of locations for having food independently tested.

1. UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON CONTAMINATION LEVELS IN FOOD:
Data compiled by Safecast volunteer Lionel Bergeret from gov't sources:
--Summary Table (shopping list), based on measurements rom Jan-April,
2012 :
http://safecast-
japan.googlegroups.com/attach/40aae3b135a5ecc4/ShoppingList2012.html?g
da=9ia-80YAAADfvYvkYC_2wzmGXLq3KWJ83mCfkJ1ebb-
BrFJbJZbX8BGuEBpDPSGhOGE08oJKQxW1Q5L708GJdOdYRVixv9nDE-
Ea7GxYMt0t6nY0uV5FIQ&view=1&part=9
--Text file summarizing food items found measuring over 100 Bq/kg Jan-April
2012 and where they came from:
http://safecast-
japan.googlegroups.com/attach/4214fa29a468506b/summary.txt?gda=mc7tjU
YAAAADl_SeGypUgR7l47wqZKNCzV9wqIHAXl0p2p7KFvO6y9wEVF0haRP6
cnIZPRPo3hm1Q5L708GJdOdYRVixv9nDE-
Ea7GxYMt0t6nY0uV5FIQ&view=1&part=4
--Map showing where food with the highest contamination levels has come
from (note, this does not show how often contaminated food has been found
in these areas, just the averages of what has been tested so far):
http://safecast-
japan.googlegroups.com/attach/40aae3b135a5ecc4/FoodMap2012.pdf?gda=
obknjEYAAADfvYvkYC_2wzmGXLq3KWJ83mCfkJ1ebb-
BrFJbJZbX8Pp5Ys4fMq_OzGx95KYD_oy1Q5L708GJdOdYRVixv9nDE-
Ea7GxYMt0t6nY0uV5FIQ&view=1&part=8
CRMS - Results of measurements done by CRMS (Citizens' Radiation
Monitoring Service) a well-organized independent group (in Japanese, but
very readable with auto-translate):
http://www.crms-jpn.com/mrdatafoodcat/food_vegetables.html
SAFECAST:
Radiation Maps: http://blog.safecast.org/maps/
Blog: http://blog.safecast.org/
Discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/safecast-japan/topics?gvc=2
Useful Facebook groups:
Japan Food Safety: http://www.facebook.com/Japan.Food.Safety
Tokyo Kids and Radiation: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tokyo-Kids-
Radiation
Tokyo Radiation Levels: http://www.facebook.com/Tokyo.Radiation.Levels

2. CITIZEN-BASED FOOD MONITORING SERVICES
Places in the Tokyo area to have radiation in food measured:
Tokyo
Meguro Foodbase 23 http://foodbase23.org/
Setagaya CRMS Setagaya http://crms-setagaya.jimdo.com/
OT Bldg.3F,2-14-1,Kitazawa, Setagaya,Tokyo
〒155-0031東京都世田谷区北沢2−14−1
OTビル３F 市民科学者国際会議事務局内
Kokubunji Kodomo Mirai Sokuteijo http://kodomira.com/
Kanagawa
Sagamihara Higashi Rinkan Champool http://champoolcan.seesaa.net/
Fukushima
Fukushima CRMS http://www.crms-jpn.com/art/148.html
市民放射能測定所〒960-8034福島市置賜町8-8パセナカMisse 1F
info@crms-jpn.com
Nihonmatsu CRMS http://www.crms-jpn.com/art/162.html
Sukagawa CRMS http://www.crms-jpn.com/art/160.html
Tamura CRMS http://www.crms-jpn.com/art/150.html
Koriyama CRMS http://www.crms-jpn.com/art/149.html
Miyagi
Tetoteto http://sokuteimiyagi.blog.fc2.com/
sokuteimiyagi@kni.biglobe.ne.jp 北村みどりtel&fax 0224-78-1916
katasato@khaki.plala.or.jp 坂本秀愛tel&fax 0224-84-6768 三田常義
tel&fax 0224-83-5464
Web page for the Shimin Sokutei (Citizen's Measurement) network (in
Japanese): http://shimin-sokutei.blogspot.com/
Big map listing citizens' groups who provide radiation measurement services,
and their locations (in Japanese):
全国市民測定所 - Google マップ
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=204507815069504909208.0
004b495dbe2e54265277&hl=ja&brcurrent=3,0x6018f2dcd6e1cab5:0xe1a6f7d
0cb1758db,0&ie=UTF8&ll=35.692476,139.685504&spn=10.241842,14.72957
6&t=m&vpsrc=6&source=embed

3. Food
Measurements
–
Source
Japanese
Government
MHLW
(Jan-­‐April
2012)
The
raw
data
from
MHLW
was
vizualized
as
follows:
“The items measured by MHLW have a special flag marketed or not marketed. The
contaminated list and map don't take this flag in account, it is to show from where
contamination comes and which food items are most contaminated. You can have a
low reading shiitake not marketed and a high reading (> 1000 Bq/Kg) marketed,
some items pass through the checks and are sold to customers.”
First map shows contamination for not marketed over 100Bq/kg, second map and
“shopping list” shows contamination for marketed food, above 100 Bq/kg.
For
further
details
please
see
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/2011eq/index.html

5. “Shopping
List”
Food name Average total cesium (B
broccoli 0.2 Bq/Kg
cabbage 0.0 Bq/Kg
carrot 1.6 Bq/Kg
chicken 0.0 Bq/Kg
cucumber 1.1 Bq/Kg
egg 0.0 Bq/Kg
eggplant 0.0 Bq/Kg
leek 1.6 Bq/Kg
lettuce 1.1 Bq/Kg
milk 0.4 Bq/Kg
potato 1.7 Bq/Kg
pumpkin 0.0 Bq/Kg
spinach 0.8 Bq/Kg
tangerine 2.9 Bq/Kg
tomato 0.0 Bq/Kg
water 0.0 Bq/Kg
broccoli
• broccoli - 0.6 Bq/Kg [max 14.0 Bq/Kg, 72 measurements]
• broccoli (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• broccoli (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• broccoli outdoor - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 0.2 Bq/Kg
cabbage
• cabbage - 0.2 Bq/Kg [max 11.0 Bq/Kg, 157 measurements]
• cabbage (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• cabbage outdoor - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 4 measurements]
• chinese cabbage - 0.1 Bq/Kg [max 10.0 Bq/Kg, 169 measurements]
• chinese cabbage (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• chinese cabbage (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 14 measurements]
• chinese cabbage kimuchi - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• chinese cabbage outdoor - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• pickled chinese cabbage - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 5 measurements]
• salted chinese cabbage - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 3 measurements]
Global avegare = 0.0 Bq/Kg
carrot
• carrot - 0.1 Bq/Kg [max 11.0 Bq/Kg, 261 measurements]
• carrot (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 3 measurements]
• carrot outdoor - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• dried carrot - 9.5 Bq/Kg [max 19.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• freeze dried rice cake with carrot - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• pickled japanese radish and carrot - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 1.6 Bq/Kg
chicken
• chicken - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 94 measurements]
• chicken grunt - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• chicken rice (frozen food) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 0.0 Bq/Kg
cucumber

6. • cucumber - 0.1 Bq/Kg [max 9.3 Bq/Kg, 150 measurements]
• cucumber (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 42 measurements]
• cucumber hothouse cultivation - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 11 measurements]
• cucumber pickled in sake lees - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• cucumber pickled in salted rice-bran paste - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• japanese common sea cucumber - 14.5 Bq/Kg [max 58.0 Bq/Kg, 4 measurements]
• miso marinated cucumber - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• miso pickled cucumber and myoga - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• pickled cucumber - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 5 measurements]
• sake lees pickled cucumber - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• salted cucumber - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 7 measurements]
• sea cucumber - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 10 measurements]
• soy marinated cucumber - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
Global avegare = 1.1 Bq/Kg
egg
• canned quail egg - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 7 measurements]
• egg - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• frozen whole egg - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• poultry egg - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 151 measurements]
• poultry egg (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 4 measurements]
• quail egg - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 0.0 Bq/Kg
eggplant
• eggplant - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 28 measurements]
• eggplant (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• eggplant hothouse cultivation - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 5 measurements]
• pickled eggplant - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• salted eggplant - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 0.0 Bq/Kg
leek
• dried leek - 6.6 Bq/Kg [max 6.6 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• leek - 0.1 Bq/Kg [max 14.0 Bq/Kg, 256 measurements]
• leek (hothouse cultivation) - 1.2 Bq/Kg [max 11.0 Bq/Kg, 9 measurements]
• leek (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 3 measurements]
• leek outdoor - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 17 measurements]
Global avegare = 1.6 Bq/Kg
lettuce
• lettuce - 0.1 Bq/Kg [max 7.5 Bq/Kg, 80 measurements]
• lettuce (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 9 measurements]
• lettuce (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 3 measurements]
• lettuce hothouse cultivation - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• lettuce outdoor - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• sanchu asian lettuce - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 5 measurements]
• sanchu asian lettuce (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 3 measurements]
• sea lettuce - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• sea lettuce (farmed) - 9.7 Bq/Kg [max 47.0 Bq/Kg, 10 measurements]
Global avegare = 1.1 Bq/Kg
milk
• coffee milk - 1.9 Bq/Kg [max 1.9 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• fermented milk - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• formula milk - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 12 measurements]
• milk - 0.2 Bq/Kg [max 8.6 Bq/Kg, 38 measurements]
• processed milk - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 3 measurements]
• raw milk - 0.4 Bq/Kg [max 6.0 Bq/Kg, 122 measurements]
• soy milk - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
Global avegare = 0.4 Bq/Kg

7. potato
• dried sweet potato - 2.3 Bq/Kg [max 36.0 Bq/Kg, 19 measurements]
• potato - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 67 measurements]
• potato (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• potato starch - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• sweet potato - 2.0 Bq/Kg [max 70.0 Bq/Kg, 84 measurements]
• sweet potato outdoor - 5.8 Bq/Kg [max 5.8 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 1.7 Bq/Kg
pumpkin
• dried pumpkin - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• pumpkin - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 3 measurements]
Global avegare = 0.0 Bq/Kg
spinach
• frozen spinach - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• spinach - 1.7 Bq/Kg [max 520.0 Bq/Kg, 648 measurements]
• spinach (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 21 measurements]
• spinach (outdoor) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 27 measurements]
• spinach hothouse cultivation - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 13 measurements]
• spinach outdoor - 4.1 Bq/Kg [max 57.0 Bq/Kg, 14 measurements]
• spinach tunnel cultivation - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 0.8 Bq/Kg
tangerine
• canned tangerine - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• frozen tangerine - 6.5 Bq/Kg [max 6.5 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• tangerine - 5.1 Bq/Kg [max 103.0 Bq/Kg, 21 measurements]
• tangerine jam - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
Global avegare = 2.9 Bq/Kg
tomato
• canned tomato - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• mini tomato - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 22 measurements]
• mini tomato (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 4 measurements]
• tomato - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 113 measurements]
• tomato (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 22 measurements]
• tomato hothouse cultivation - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 10 measurements]
Global avegare = 0.0 Bq/Kg
water
• bottled water - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 18 measurements]
• mineral water - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 2 measurements]
• natural mineral water - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 11 measurements]
• water - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 4 measurements]
• water for sake production - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 13 measurements]
• water melon - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 5 measurements]
• water melon (hothouse cultivation) - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
• water melon hothouse cultivation - 0.0 Bq/Kg [max 0.0 Bq/Kg, 1 measurement]
Global avegare = 0.0 Bq/Kg