Japanese Government Cafeteria Serves Fukushima Vegetables to Bureaucrats
NTV news visits the cafeteria at Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:
The cafeteria is holding a special “Support Fukushima” event, using meat and vegetables that come from Fukushima prefecture. The very bureaucrats who have been telling consumers that it is safe to eat non-restricted foods from Fukushima prefecture are following their own advice on a daily basis.
The video mentions that most of the ingredients come from Aizu-Wakamatsu, an area of Fukushima that is relatively far away from the Daiichi nuclear plant.
Meanwhile, it has become apparent that there are some serious problems with the enforcement of restrictions on food that may be contaminated with radiation. Earlier this month, hundreds of at-risk vegetables were delivered to customers after some Chiba prefecture farmers did not follow a suggestion to voluntarily refrain from shipping out their products. An even bigger screw-up is being reported today: between April 1st and April 22nd, farmers in the city of Katori in Chiba prefecture shipped out thousands of packs of restricted spinach. It is not yet clear where all the spinach was sold, but it is almost certain that many consumers have probably already eaten it.
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