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Taiwan: Japan will discharge tritium waste water tomorrow, aquatic products from the Fisheries Department will be randomly inspected

Updated Aug 24, 2023
The Japanese government expects to discharge tritium-containing wastewater starting tomorrow (24th). The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare has conducted sampling inspections of aquatic products imported from Japan since the fourth quarter of last year. So far, a total of 52 pieces have been sampled, including mackerel, saury, conger eel, and oyster. , seaweed, etc., and the tritium residues are all lower than the minimum measurable activity (MDA). The Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture sampled 133 fish catches in the ocean and coastal waters from January to May this year and sent them for inspection, including shrimp, crab, shark, eel, The residual amount of tritium in snails and many kinds of fish is also lower than MDA. Lin Jinfu, deputy director of the Food and Drug Administration, said that due to the radiation pollution of aquatic products, no country in the world has set a tolerance for tritium. Currently, only the International Codex Alimentarius Commission (CODEX) For the sum of tritium (H-3), carbon-14 (C-14) and tritium-99 (Tc-99), there is a management index value (Guideline level, GL), of which baby food is 1,000 Bq/kg; baby food Other foods are 10,000 Bq/kg. Lin Jinfu said that there is no problem of "exceeding the standard" in the border inspection of aquatic products. Food management must be determined according to the risk. The control measures will be adjusted when the risk increases. Any change will not change Japan's food border control measures, but the government is continuing to monitor. Since the fourth quarter of last year, the Food and Drug Administration has cooperated with inter-ministerial committees to conduct random inspections of mackerel, saury, conger eel, oysters, scallops, etc. for aquatic products imported from Japan. A total of 25 pieces of fish and seaweed; 100 pieces are planned to be sampled this year, and 27 pieces of mackerel, salmon, oyster and octopus have been tested, and the tritium residues are all lower than MDA. Zheng Weizhi, deputy director of the food department of the Department, said that based on the recommendations of the research project commissioned by National Taiwan University last year, the location of the water discharge outlet of the "multi-nuclear species removal equipment (ALPS)", the growth habits of aquatic organisms, the fishing and breeding type food chain and other factors were considered. The sampling includes: Aquatic products such as Japanese seaweed, oysters, white sweets, green sweets, sea cucumbers, octopus, crabs, sardines, saury, mackerel, salmon, northern shellfish, and conger eels. Lin Jinfu pointed out that a total of 52 pieces have been inspected and will be used as Japanese aquatic products. After Japan began to discharge tritium waste water, 73 cases will be sampled this year and compared with this background value to observe whether there is any abnormality and start contingency measures. The follow-up test results will be announced in due course. Lin Jinfu said that because there is no provision for tritium in food Limitation standards, so there will be no border inspections, but sampling monitoring. The inter-departmental committee of the Food and Drug Administration has a 4-year plan for tritium monitoring. Last year was the first year, but because the inspection method was not established until the fourth quarter, so only Sampling 25 pieces; In addition to planning to sample 100 pieces this year, next year will also sample at least 100 pieces. If the monitoring value fluctuates, the number of sampling pieces can also be increased, and then policy measures can be adjusted after discussing with experts. …
The Japanese government expects to discharge tritium-containing wastewater starting tomorrow (24th). The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare has conducted sampling inspections of aquatic products imported from Japan since the fourth quarter of last year. So far, a total of 52 pieces have been sampled, including mackerel, saury, conger eel, and oyster. , seaweed, etc., and the tritium residues are all lower than the minimum measurable activity (MDA). The Fisheries Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture sampled 133 fish catches in the ocean and coastal waters from January to May this year and sent them for inspection, including shrimp, crab, shark, eel, For snails and various fishes, the tritium residues were also lower than MDA. Lin Jinfu, deputy director of the Food and Drug Administration, said that due to the radiation pollution of aquatic products, no country in the world has set tolerances for tritium. 14) and Tc-99 (Tc-99) have a ...
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