The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has announced that it will conduct a fact-finding survey to understand in detail the extent to which PFAS, an organic fluorine compound that has been pointed out to be harmful, is contained in foods distributed in Japan. did. This is the first time that the government has conducted a full-scale investigation into the presence of PFAS in distributed food products.
PFAS are organic fluorine compounds of which there are more than 10,000 types, three of which have been shown to be harmful and have been detected one after another in rivers and tap water across Japan.
At a meeting of experts held on the 26th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced that it will conduct a fact-finding survey starting in the new fiscal year to understand in detail the extent to which PFAS are contained in foods distributed in Japan. did.
The survey targets four types of PFAS, including PFOS and PFOA, for which standard values are set in the EU, four
agricultural products such as rice and cabbage,
beef, milk, and eggs. The plan is to collect about 30 items each of
five livestock products such as
sardines
and five seafood items such as sardines and sweetfish, and commission a private analysis agency to conduct an investigation.
This is the first time that the country has conducted a full-scale investigation into PFAS contained in foods distributed domestically, and the Food Safety Policy Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said, ``Through the investigation, we will conduct a scientific study to assess safety. "I want to collect data."