This is very serious and scaring......Hope no African country accept food offer from japan.... Niamorkono.... STOP THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FROM SUPPLYING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH ODA PROCESSED OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs applied for a budget 65 million dollars for this purpose under ODA (Official Development Assistance) and they are planning to offer processed food such as canned Tuna from disaster areas (mainly Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate) to developing countries. According to the government, the processed foods will comply with Japan’s guidelines for maximum permitted levels of radioactive substances for foodstuffs. However, we worry about the guidelines because after the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant the government increased the maximum upper limit for the radiation levels for water, milk and other drinks to 200Bq/L for cesium (in USA it is 0.111 Bq/liter; WHO standard 10 Bq/L) and 300Bq/L for iodine, and that for food to 500Bq/kg for cesium and 2000bq/kg for iodine (Codex standard 100 B1/L, in USA 170Bq/L). > > In Japan now some people, especially mothers are requesting the government to reconsider the guidelines. Mothers and some specialists think that the radiation dosages of the guidelines are too high for children. In fact, even now many countries prohibit to importation of food from Japan because of radioactive contamination. > > We will deliver our letter and petition to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yukio Edano and Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Genba on 4 November 2011. > > Please support us and add your name to our joint-signature letter and petition. > If you agree to participate in our joint-signature letter, please e-mail us with the following information: your name, country, organization and message for the Japanese government to ‘[log in to unmask]’ by 1 November 2011. > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/networkafrica/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwMjExYnRuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM3NDU5MTMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwNDcxBG1zZ0lkAzM3OTgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzE5ODc4NjYz?act=reply&messageNum=3798>| Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/networkafrica/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYmhnbnJjBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM3NDU5MTMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwNDcxBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTMxOTg3ODY2Mw--> > Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/networkafrica/message/3798;_ylc=X3oDMTM0MTBuYWZhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM3NDU5MTMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwNDcxBG1zZ0lkAzM3OTgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzE5ODc4NjYzBHRwY0lkAzM3OTg->( 1) > > Recent Activity: Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/networkafrica;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNWs1dnFyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzM3NDU5MTMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwNDcxBHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTMxOTg3ODY2Mw--> > > MARKETPLACE > > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now.<http://global.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15o6kh1lf/M=493064.14543979.14562481.13298430/D=groups/S=1705060471:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1319885864/L=10d68f48-020c-11e1-bcf4-fb800a6af845/B=2NYIGdj8fcU-/J=1319878664303555/K=48k5nUcnMmRmnMzUHI98Rw/A=6060255/R=0/SIG=1194m4keh/*http://us.toolbar.yahoo.com/?.cpdl=grpj> > [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkMzl1dDZmBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzM3NDU5MTMEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYwNDcxBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMzE5ODc4NjY0> > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > > > . > > __,_._,___ [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
