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Shizuoka gov. urges revision to radiation limit for tea leaves+ Jun 23 08:33 AM US/Eastern TOKYO, June 23 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The governor of Shizuoka Prefecture, a major tea leaf production region in Japan, urged the health minister Thursday to revise the provisional limit of radioactive substances in the product. Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu said the maximum level was unreasonable and a recent test showed tea leaves and processed tea in the area as being safe during a meeting with health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa, who promised to make public the results and check the limit's validity. The survey was conducted under...

Cesium Above Limit Detected from Tea of 5 More Shizuoka Factories Shizuoka, June 14 (Jiji Press)--Shizuoka Prefecture said Tuesday that radioactive cesium levels exceeded the safety limit in tea leaves processed at five more factories in the central Japan prefecture. The tea products had 581 to 654 becquerels per kilogram of the radioactive material, against Japan's legal limit of 500 becquerels. The prefecture checked tea products made from the first flush tea leaves at 20 factories in the Warashina district. This brings the total number of affected factories in the district to six including one announced Thursday. The prefecture instructed...