Akhir 18, 1432, March 23, 2011, SPA -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan told two prefectures near a troubled nuclear power plant Wednesday not to sell vegetables and raw milk as authorities had detected radioactive materials in the produce. Authorities said they had found more radiation-tainted vegetables in Fukushima, including cabbage and broccoli, after high radiation levels were detected in 11 types of produce grown in the prefecture, which hosts a troubled nuclear power station, damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Health Ministry officials detected radioactive caesium - 82,000 becquerels, 164 times the legal limit of 500 becquerels - in kukitachina, a leafy vegetable, from Motomiya City, 60 kilometres west of the plant. Kan also instructed Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato to order residents not to eat leafy vegetables grown in the prefecture for the time being, according to a report of DPA.
