The farm ministry will conduct spot inspections for radioactivity on produce from 14 prefectures in northeastern and eastern Japan, as no checks had been conducted in about 100 of 600 municipalities in those prefectures by late July, ministry officials said.
Vegetables, rice, meat and tea produced in the prefectures are subject to inspections amid the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster.
Produce found to contain radioactive materials exceeding the state-set limit will face a government-imposed shipment ban. Such checks are usually done by municipalities, but they are under no legal obligation to perform them.
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