TAIPEI – Taiwan on Thursday said it had found radioactive particles on a batch of clams imported from Japan amid growing anxiety about food safety.
The discovery came after Taiwan’s Atomic Energy Council for the first time on Sunday found a shipment of fava beans from southern Japan had been slightly contaminated. The latest radiation was found on 12 kilograms (26.4 pounds) of geoduck, better known to locals as “elephant trunk clam.”
The clams from Aichi prefecture, in central Japan, arrived in Taiwan by air on Tuesday. However Tsai Shu-chen, an official with the Food and Drug Administration said radiation found on the clams was within safety limits. She said the importer agreed to destroy the tainted shipment even though the radiation posed no health hazard.
