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Have you ever knowingly bought food products from Fukushima Prefecture since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant?
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Baradzed
Not and I really don’t recommend this roulette at least for a few centuries.
CuteUsagi
Love their peaches but expensive. Bought two today for ¥1000
robert maes
No but I have seen a vegetable store owner remove and replace the stickers from Fukushima vegetables on packages.
John-San
I travel the Jarmon tollway to Tokyo often and there is a SA a few kilometres from the that Nuclear plant. they sell a very good ramen using local foods. It taste very good
ZALD
I do not care buying foods and beverages from the area. I often buy fruits and vegetables. Especially, the quality of fruits such as peach is as delicious as the ones in Yamanashi, which is famous for fruits produce.
If the foods and beverages had some problems affecting to our health, it would be possible that we had already had some negative symptoms.
Also, any foods have passed strict sanitation check before their shipping to the markets, so nothing need to be concerned.
englisc aspyrgend
Never seen Fukushima produce for sale in the UK.
Speed
At Sukiya, they had Fukushima rice listed as the rice they were using at that branch.
I didn't really have any choice so I ate some in my donburi.
It tasted fine and none of the massive amounts of hair on my back fell off.
Aly Rustom
Same here.
enmaai
I don't buy foods from fukushima
Paul
YES!!!
ian
No, from there and nearby areas
Seigi
I buy their rice.
Roy Sophveason
So what? Fukushima's food has been testing safe for the better part of the last decade. The last sporadic samples of food exceeding the maximum levels of radioactivity were found in 2015.
isabelle
Yes, many times at festivals, "pop-up" stores, and places like Midette:
https://midette.com/
There was also an "antenna shop," as they call them, in Ginza that I bought from a few years back, but I'm not sure if it's there anymore.
I think it's very important to help the region, and I will continue to do so.
finally rich
Fukushima rice has always been so cheap when compared with other prefectures I had to give it a try.
Not bad for the price (¥1,200 for 5kg) but I still prefer Tochigi over anything, all Top 3 yummiest rice I ever bought were from there.
sakurasuki
Knowingly no, because is hard to find their product, except if you go to that region specifically and do shopping.
Why is hard? Because they sell quietly using with certain labelling in a way that they don't have reveal their origin.
https://www.j-cast.com/tv/2017/05/26298956.html
By now there is possibility many of you already bought unknowingly those products from your local supermarket, how many people really check food label for raw items. For preprocessed food some people will check for fat, salt, calories etc. People really rare check in details for raw items.
Also you might already eat food from that region through restaurants chains, one is already publicly announce that, while others just do it quietly.
https://japantoday.com/category/business/yoshinoya-to-grow-rice-and-vegetables-in-fukushima
wallace
Never seen Fukushima produce for sale in Hyogo.
藤原
Since 2011 I always look first where the products are from before buying food. I always buy products from Ishikawa where I live, prefecturs from the Kansai region, or when I vist Aomori which is a few times a year Aomori products.
Eastman
waiting for fresh fish and mineral water from there should be offered at bottom end prices...
Sven Asai
Yes, why not? It’s highly probably more and more strictly tested or checked on all ingredients and radiation values than any other food worldwide, through all stages of production and delivery. Considering that, it’s maybe not 100% safe too, but safe at the most possible level.