Is anyone monitoring food packaging imports for radiation contamination
March 21, 2011 3:01 PM Subscribe
The FDA is monitoring regulated products being imported from Japan for radiation levels, does this include all Japanese made materials that are used for food packaging in the USA ?
Polymeric films for food packaging can be contaminated by and retain radioactive materials. I have not seen any information indicating that the FDA is specifically monitoring food packaging materials entering the US that have been produced in and transported from Japan.
Polymeric films for food packaging can be contaminated by and retain radioactive materials. I have not seen any information indicating that the FDA is specifically monitoring food packaging materials entering the US that have been produced in and transported from Japan.
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This of course doesn't answer your question, but the chance of significant amounts of radiation would make it from Japan (Where, honestly, the radiation levels are only a hairsbreadth above negligible) are virtually null.
posted by Ookseer at 9:19 PM on March 21, 2011