Tradex to end radiation testing on China seafood production a year after Japan nuclear crisis

Following the March 2011 nuclear crisis in Japan, Tradex Foods implemented a strict Radiation Testing Policy on all China seafood production. During this time, Tradex Quality Supervisors found zero occurences of high levels of radioactive materials in raw material or in fresh water used at production plants. Information provided by the USA Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) also confirm that seafood caught in Japanese waters and in nearby US and Canadian waters is safe for human consumption.

The FDA does not anticipate any adverse public health effects from seafood because: Little or no harvesting of fish is taking place in the area around the reactor; the amount of water in the ocean rapidly dilutes and disperses radiation to negligible levels; some radioactive isotopes rapidly decay; FDA and Customs & Border Protection are continuing to screen all imported food from Japan; it is unlikely that a fish exposed to significant levels of radionuclides near the reactor could travel to US waters and be caught and harvested. If this did occur, the level of radionuclides would decay during this time. Regardless, FDA is working with NOAA to test seafood caught in those areas; and the FDA and NOAA also inspect facilities that process and sell seafood from areas of risk.

Since the nuclear disaster, the CFIA has sampled and tested food products from Japan. During this time, all products were below Health Canada action levels for pertinent radionuclides. Furthermore, domestic fish from British Columbia waters were also found to be well below Health Canada action levels.