It's Official: Canned Fish from Tohoku Will Go to Developing Countries, With the Help from UN
http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/its-official-canned-fish-from-tohoku.html Another "win" for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who operates the ODA (Official Development Assistance). They have managed to obtain support from the United Nations on this one. I first wrote about this particular ODA in June last year, with the follow-up post in September when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally requested the appropriation for the 3rd supplementary budget. Now it's official, with the help of the UN. Canned fish from Tohoku will be given to people in developing countries in the world so that the fisheries in the disaster-affected areas can recover and "baseless rumors" disappear. The fish cans will go to Cambodia and 4 other countries and will be used in school lunches to feed school children. >From Sankei Shinbun (3/30/2012): 食料支援で風評被害解消 被災地の缶詰を途上国に > >Food aid to dispel baseless rumors, by sending canned food made in >disaster-affected areas to developing countries > > >政府は、東日本大震災の被災地で製造された水産加工品を発展途上国の人々に食べてもらうため、国連機関の世界食糧計画（ＷＦＰ）と政府開発援助（ＯＤＡ）に関する書簡を交換した。食料支援を通じ、被災地の水産業振興と風評被害の解消につなげるのが狙いだ。 > >The Japanese government exchange letters with the UN WFP (World Food >Programme) regarding the ODA (Official Development Assistance) so that people in developing countries will be able to eat processed marine products made in the areas affected by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The purpose is to promote [the recovery of] fisheries industry in the disaster-affected areas and to dispel baseless rumors [that food in Japan is contaminated with radioactive materials]. > > 政府が平成２３年度第３次補正予算に計上した１０億円を元手に、ＷＦＰが青森、岩手、茨城、千葉の４県の水産加 工場で製造されたイワシやサバなどの水煮の缶詰を調達。カンボジアなど５カ国で学校給食などに役立ててもらう。加藤敏幸外務政務官は書簡交換の式典で、 「甚大な被害を受けた被災地の水産加工企業は、操業の全面再開に向け努力している」と強調した。 > >The Japanese government allocated 1 billion yen in the fiscal 2011 3rd supplementary budget. Using this money, WFP will purchase cans of boiled sardines and mackerels made in factories in Aomori, Iwate, Ibaraki, and Chiba Prefectures. The cans will be shipped to 5 countries including Cambodia for the use in school lunches. Toshiyuki Kato, parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [No.3 politician at the ministry] emphasized in the letter exchanging ceremony, "The marine product processing companies in the disaster-affected areas have sustained grave damage, and they are doing their best to resume full operation." > > >このＯＤＡをめぐっては、東京電力福島第１原発事故の影響を懸念する一部の市民団体などが反発。外務省幹部は「放射線量を検査し、安全性に問題がないものを輸出することで、海外に根強い風評被害の打破を図りたい」と説明している。 > >There are a few citizens' groups who oppose this particular ODA program as they are worried about the effect of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident. The top officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explain that the radiation measurement will be conducted, and only those products without any worry of safety will be exported so that the baseless rumors that still persist overseas are dispelled. When the Japanese government officials say "without any worry of safety", their safety equals 100 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium starting April 1, 2012. I couldn't find any press release on this, and no information as to other 4 countries receiving the canned fish from Japan. Here's from the feedback page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You can contact them by mail or by phone, or you can contact the embassies and consulates around the world. The UN's WFP contact information is here: http://www.wfp.org/contact Posted by arevamirpal::laprimavera at 4:03 PM >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://enenews.com/newspaper-fish-contaminated-fukushima-radiation-detected-sri-lanka-undergoing-special-lab-test-chairman-nuclear-agency Newspaper: Fish contaminated with Fukushima radiation detected in Sri Lanka, says chairman of nuclear agency ― Load included fish from seas off China Title: Imported fish consignment held back pending tests Source: Sri Lanka News Author: Disna MUDALIGE Date: Feb 29, 2012 The Atomic Energy Authority (AEA) has detected fish consignments imported to Sri Lanka that were contaminated from radio active substances in the seas following the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, AEA chairman Dr Ranjith Jayawardene said. >He told the Daily News that the AEA had been checking all imported fish consignments to Sri Lanka since the Fukushima incident to ensure these were safe for human consumption. >He noted that the AEA discovered salmon and other fish consignments which were slightly contaminated by radioactive substances last November and also last week during checks. The container load imported in November was released after a laboratory test to ensure that the level of http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/11/09/catastrophic-effects-of-radiation-contamination/radioactive substances is harmless for human consumption. This load included fish from the seas off China. >The fish consignment imported to the country last week has been retained by the Customs until a special laboratory test. The chairman said that the results of this test would be released within two days. [...] > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >Also worth reading... > >http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/11/09/catastrophic-effects-of-radiation-contamination/ > >"... > >Leuren Moret: ... I just would like to point out that in May [2011], Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signed an agreement with the Prime Minister of Japan, to continue importing food, untested, from Japan… for American consumption. >Dr. Fetzer: What in God’s name is going on there Leuren? Leuren, this is so irresponsible. I mean you know… I have viewed Hillary Clinton in various ways at various times, sometimes with great admiration, but this is a villainous act. >This is a form of treachery in my opinion. This is utterly irresponsible. This Hillary Clinton thinks she can intuit the safety level of food being imported from an area that has been subjected to vast nuclear contamination? >Leuren Moret: Well there was a ban on Japanese food imports following the March 11, [2011], Fukushima disaster. But by May, two months later, or two and a half months later, that ban was lifted by Hillary Clinton, and that agreement was signed to import and not test Japanese food [for radiation]." > > >[The last phrase links to >http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/radiation-in-japan-testing-of.html] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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