Japanese food retailer promises radiation-free food

In October, we began a programme of surprise investigations of seafood products to pressure them to improve protection measures. We have been asking the companies to:

•Conduct radiation screening on seafood products that they are selling, and clearly show the results to the public
•lTo not rely on the official safety levels, which have been set too high , and to instead establish their own distribution standards, and to inform the public.

Greenpeace welcomes AEON’s announcement, and hopes that other retailers will soon follow in its footsteps. In taking this stand AEON has gone against the government, and shown that the official 500 Bq/kg limit is just not right. This strong stance will not only help protect AEON’s customers, but it will help push the political discussion for the food safety regulations and seafood issues in the right direction.

[link to www.greenpeace.org]