Reply #4: Another problem: rice production in Fukushima is fourth in the nation at about 450,000 tons.

[dixiegrrrrl]

but
Soil cesium limit set for rice / Some farmers won't be allowed to plant this season, possibly longer.

The crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant has spurred the government to restrict rice planting in soil with more than 5,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, the first time maximum radiation levels have been set for soil.

Radioactive cesium levels exceeding 5,000 becquerels per kilogram have been detected in farmland close to the nuclear plant and farmers in these areas will likely be barred from growing rice this season, government sources said.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110409003461.htm

Does no one see anything bizarre about even HAVING to set radiation limits for food?????