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<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong><span style="font-size: larger;">Working Together</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong><span style="font-size: larger;"> to Support Japan and Global Community</span></strong></span><br />
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by FAO Director General Jacques Diouf, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and WHO <br />
<br />
Director General Margaret Chan<br />
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Atomic Energy Agency <br />
<br />
(IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working closely in support of the <br />
<br />
Japanese government's on-going efforts to address food safety issues stemming from the <br />
<br />
events of 11 March 2011.<br />
<br />
FAO Director General Jacques Diouf, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and WHO <br />
<br />
Director General Margaret Chan jointly issued the following statement:<br />
<br />
Joint FAO-IAEA-WHO Statement on Food Safety Issues following the Fukushima Daiichi <br />
<br />
Nuclear Emergency:<br />
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FAO, IAEA and WHO are committed to mobilizing their knowledge and expertise in support <br />
<br />
of the Japanese government's ongoing efforts address food safety issues stemming from <br />
<br />
the events of 11 March.<br />
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Additional information on the food safety dimension of events in Japan is contained in <br />
<br />
a set of questions and answers developed jointly by FAO, IAEA and WHO.<br />
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Since the events of 11 March, thousands of lives have been lost, and many homes and <br />
<br />
buildings have been damaged or destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami. Japan's <br />
<br />
transportation infrastructure has also suffered, and cropland and aquaculture <br />
<br />
installations have been degraded or wiped out.<br />
<br />
In this situation, damage to the reactors of a nuclear power plant, the resulting risk <br />
<br />
of direct human exposure to radiation, and efforts to bring the involved installations <br />
<br />
under control have also received priority attention.<br />
<br />
Food safety issues are an additional dimension of the emergency. Some food products <br />
<br />
sampled at sites both within the Fukushima Prefecture and in adjacent areas have been <br />
<br />
contaminated by radioactive materials.<br />
<br />
Japan has regulations in place relating to provisional regulatory limits of <br />
<br />
radioactivity in food. Food monitoring is being implemented, measurements of <br />
<br />
radionuclide concentrations in food are taking place, and the results are being <br />
<br />
communicated publicly. Japanese authorities are also giving advice to consumers and <br />
<br />
producers regarding safety measures.</p>
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<p>quoted　from</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/statements/2011/amsp2011n008.html">http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/statements/2011/amsp2011n008.html</a></p>