When people are fearful, they're not going to buy your products, no matter how many times you tell them they're safe. I think this is going to be an ongoing struggle for some Japanese products, agricu

Well, you can tell me it's safe until you're blue in the face, Jim, but the level is above the legal limit. Your statement defies logic or scientific reasoning.

You can keep telling people that the products are safe as much as you want. The facts are, there are products in Japan that are above the legal limit for radiation, so how safe is that? After months of hearing how this disaster is not that bad and that the EU has more lax radiation guidelines than Japan therefore its not that bad. For the Japanese products to now be failing to meet EU standards is quite worrying. But no doubt we will hear " there is no immediate health risk" and no doubt the apologists will be out in force saying its not that bad.

Overly contaminated products making it to France will further erode the international community's ability to trust what Japan says about their products. The J-government looks like they can't properly monitor their own exports. Quite damaging indeed.

I think they are doing a good job, but the tea should be checked after it is brewed, not before hand.

goddog. You think they're doing a good job? Tell that to my friend who's been suffering from constant headaches and diarhea over the past few weeks. He's selling his stuff and getting the hell out of Dodge.

Try telling that to my best friend who has suddenly diagnosed with Asthma but the doctor told her it was related to stress only. You can't imagine the look on my face. Asthma caused by stress?? How about "You can't breath cause you have radiation in your lungs".

Deep pockets and insurance companies are in OVERDRIVE right now. Somebody move this Pink Elephant out of my way. You all know what I'm talking about.

The 2nd exodus is happening. The truth revealed. Can't blame em. If you get hit by a car....yeah....you could stay in Japan and wait for the paycheck. If your job fires you wrongfully, you could stay in Japan and eventually get a paycheck. This radiation thing......there won't be any paychecks. You can stay if you have good reason to.

The 2nd exodus is happening. Im trying to be one of them. Im thinking kyushu. Anyone know if thats safe enough?

If anyone tells you that Japan is safe now they could be right. However, living up in Fukushima safe?Tokyo ? Kanto? Honshu? Yesterday, (Sunday) another massive amount of radiation was released ,an estimated 1.6 billion becquerels! Where does that radiation go? Of course into the environment,the air ,the water and onto the land and the food. Eventually, those substances will end up in us,where they will emit energy at our cells causing us to weaken and most likely develop cancer. When will that happen and what can be done to prevent it? Remove yourself from the source of the contamination. Radiation defects,illnesses and genetic damage are well documented-please make an informed choice

naruhodo1 those tea leaves managed to find their way to France. so as far as the food chain is concern, no where is safe in japan. if you wanna plan an exodus, then plan to leave japan

Japan's lax food control laws are coming back to haunt all of us. Once the radiation hits the food chain it doesn't matter where you live in Japan - unless you live on imported food, milk and water. Now I'm absolutely not saying that all food is contaminated, but all it takes is for a few food producers to ship tainted food for consumer confidence to collapse. What's needed right now is for food producers to honestly reassure the public that their products are safe. They need constant, thorough testing. And it needs to be backed up properly by the government, not just by " requesting " that tainted products not be shipped.

Until the Japanese government stops the spin doctoring and minimization and does what is right by the people, no one in Japan or outside Japan will trust anything they have to say about anything. The mandatory evacuation zone should have been expanded to 80km months ago. In the battle of physics versus politics, physics will win every time. Evacuate Fukushima now!