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“This land is Ukraine”, based on Woody Guthrie’s “This land is your land”,was performed by Denys Vyshnia, former soloist of the Kyiv Municipal Opera Theater , accompanied byviolin virtuoso Oleg Krysa and musicians from Ukraine and Japan.
July 7, 2022 Encore at the concert in support of Ukraine held at Saitama Arts Theater in Japan.
The lyrics of the song were prepared by replacing the names of places in Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land (My Homeland)” with the names of places in Ukraine.
The audience sang the song in support of Ukraine!
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Original Song Written by Woodt Guthrie.
Ukrainian Place-name Adopted bt Oleg Krysa.
Planned by Kowaka Jun-ichi
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“This land is Ukraine”
This land is your land,
This land is my land,
From the Mariupoli .
To Crimea PENINSULA ,
From the Lviv THEATRE,
To the Ode-ssa Waters,
This land was made for you and me.
This land is your land,
This land is my land,
From the KHARKIV .
To KIYV CAPITAL ,
From the CHERNIHIV ,
To the KARPATY MOUNTAINS,
This land was made for you and me.
As the sun was shining,
And I was strolling,
And the wheat Fields waving,
And the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting,
A voice was saying “This land was made for you and me”
Russia is ignoring the orders of
the International Court of Justice,
continuing its war and massacring civilians.
Let’s start a campaign to support
the reconstruction of Ukraine
by “Putin Punitive Tariffs”
on Russian trade after Putin’s ouster.
NATIONAL UNION OF JAURNALISTS OF UKRAINE
Restore Ukraine at the expense of the terrorist state! – call friends of Kiev
Journalistic Initiative
Restore Ukraine at the expense of the terrorist state! – call friends of Kiev
CO₂ is not the cause of global warmings
Due to the novel Corona virus pandemic which began in early 2020, economic activity stagnated and anthropogenic emissions of CO2 subsequently decreased by 5.6%. In spite of this, atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have increased and average temperatures have risen.
It is now clear that even with a reduction in anthropogenic CO2 emissions, the planet is still warming.
It has become evident that the cause of global warming is not CO2 itself. The real cause is instead the tiny dust particles of carbon that are a by-product of burning coal. With the world facing energy shortages brought about by Putin and Russia’s war in Ukraine, coal-fired power plants, equipped with modern electrostatic precipitators to control emissions, offer a solution to an impending energy crisis.
April 8th (Thu) -April 23th (Fri)
Report of results about children’s health in Ukraine
–Make the radioactivity standard of food to 1 becquerel / kg!-
Visiting Ukraine since 2012, JOF helped 5,000 people to reduce radiation intake and supported them to be more healthy.
This “human experimentation” has come to be called the “Japan Project”. It has been highly praised as a “ray of hope”.
Due to the pandemic, we could not visit the Ukraine last year and again this year. However, the children themselves will present online about how their health is improving. For the first time, they will share what they’ve learned to listeners all over the world in English. We hope that this will provide a better understanding of the situation.
In addition, the results of the Japan Project revealed that the damage caused by radiation exposure cannot be reduced unless the radioactivity standard for food is set to 1 becquerel / kg. In Ukraine, journalists are running a “1 becquerel / kg” campaign.
Livestreaming schedule
* Start time of each time: (Japan time) 16:00 Time required: Approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour
2021.04.08（Thu）【Ovruch School No. 1】 map④
2021.4.9（Fri）【Mozhary School】 map②
2021.4.12（Mon）【Pischanitsa School】 map③
2021.4.13（Tue）【Bigun School】 map①
2021.4.14（Wed）【Kovalyn School】 map⑦
2021.4.15（Thu）【Yerkovtsy School】 map⑫
2021.4.16（Fri）【Stovpyagi School】 map⑨
2021.4.19（Mon）【 Divichki School】 map⑧
2021.4.20（Tue）【 Novomartynovichi School】 map⑩
2021.4.21（Wed）【 Ovsyuki School】 map⑪
High-grade marbled Japanese beef are made from cattle that people inject fat into in order to make the bigger and tastier.
If people buy cattle and breed them for seven months, their bones will be established.
Once people make them in short of vitamin A and breed them for another seven months, an abnormality occurs within muscle cells and that allows a certain fat into their body.
The cattle during this period are miserable since they lose their vision and we see some of them become fully blind.
They walk while bumping into the fence. If they bump into other cattle, they start to fight and kick each other.
The reason why 22% of the bacteria, which obsess into the Japanese cattle, are multidrug-resistant is because the people use many kinds of antibiotics on the sick and injured cattle.
In reversal, the people administer vitamin A to make the cattle healthier and fatter then their fat content increases, turning them into high-grade marbled cattle.
Consider people who happily eat them.
Tell people around you so that they would not feel like eating these poorly treated cattle.
If you have any foreigner friends, please inform them that this is a big issue in terms of animal welfare so that the external pressure will stop the production and sales of the marbled Japanese cattle.
The radioactive materials dangerous at the moment
At the moment, the most hazardous radioactive materials in Ukraine are the Cesium 137 and Strontium 90. Those two materials are absorbed from the soil by the plants and were found in human body about 1 year after the Chernobyl disaster. The Ukrainian region of Polesia has been not only heavily contaminated, but was also faced with another problem because of its poor soil. When the soil is lacking of Potassium, plants absorb Cesium instead, and when it is poor in Calcium, they absorb Strontium. The scientific properties of Potassium are similar to the Cesium ones and the Calcium’s with the Strontium’s.
If you mix potassium fertilizer with the soil, pollution of crops will drop by more than three quarters.
Besides, the region of Polesia is mainly composed of acid soils, which results in the dissolution of Cesium and Strontium in water. According to the characteristics of the soil, the consequences will be very different but in some cases, the absorption by the plants can be multiplied by 100.
Cesium strongly bound to minerals
Radioactive Cesium binds strongly with minerals. The smaller the mineral particles are, the stronger the Cesium will be bound to them.
Japan’s paddy fields are made of clay soils, so that Cesium binds to the clay and can’t be absorbed much by the plants. On the other hand, Polesia’s forests are mostly composed of organic matter and sand made of big particles, so that Cesium can’t combine with the soil and end up migrating to the vegetation. Even if a high quantity of Cesium drops on the soil, it won’t be absorbed by the plants if they are growing in clay soil, and the crops will eventually be pollution-free.
Cesium is water-soluble
Cesium doesn’t produce any chemical combination in the human or vegetal organisms, but it associates with water. When water is being eliminated from the body through sweat or urine, Cesium is eliminated together. Thus, drinking a lot of water is an efficient way of lowering the amount of Cesium in the organism.
By boiling meat, 80% of the Cesium contained inside is eliminated in the broth. The broth obtained at the beginning just has to be thrown away to get rid of the Cesium contained inside.
In Fukushima too, people living in the contaminated areas must not fear the radioactivity, because the fear itself would cause harm to the body. However, they still have to take countermeasures to protect their health.
In Fukushima prefecture, the number of children developing thyroid cancer has been going up ever since Fukushima nuclear accident. A group of experts working for the Fukushima prefecture announced on May 18th that 127 children under 18 had developed it.
Before the nuclear accident, no children would normally develop thyroid cancer and only one case every few years was diagnosed.
The experts of the investigative commission on thyroid cancer stated that “This number is only due to cancer overdiagnosis. After the Chernobyl disaster, most of the numerous cases of cancers were diagnosed on infants, but in the present case infants are not developing any cancers. It is therefore unreasonable to think that it is the radiations’ influence”.
From January to the end of March this year, 16 new cases of thyroid cancers were diagnosed on children. With now 127 children affected, there is no doubt that the nuclear accident is the very cause of the problem.
Even though the experts of the investigative commission are spreading false information, they were still kind enough to declare that “the surgical fees and treatment fees for thyroid cancer should be covered by the government”.
There have been no investigations regarding the development of cancer on people above 19.
South Korea bans imports of Japanese seafood products
South Korea is currently banning imports of seafood products from 8 provinces of Japan.
The Japanese government responded to the decision by demanding the lifting of the ban, arguing that “it isn’t based on any scientific evidence”. Therefore, to assess the validity of the import prohibition, South Korea sent an inquiry commission to Japan in December 2014.
The inquiry commission composed of nuclear physicists and consumer groups visited the Chiba wholesale market and the Fukushima seafood market, listened to the explanations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries before going to the Japan Offspring Fund (JOF) to listen to the other side of the story. The day following their return to South Korea, Japanese newspapers reported that “South Korea does not lift the ban on seafood products”.
Afterwards, South Korea sent a new investigation team to Japan in January but it didn’t result in the lifting of the ban.
South Korea still at 370 Becquerel
After the Chernobyl disaster, both Japan and South Korea set the legal limit of radioactivity (Cesium 134 and 137) in 1kg of food at 370 Becquerel (Bq). However, Japan lowered this threshold in April 2014 to 100 Bq. As Japan declares not to be selling fishes exceeding this limit, it is indeed unjustified that South Korea, whose legal limit is of 370 Bq, refuses to buy Japanese products without any valid reason. It is therefore natural for the Japanese government to demand the lifting of the ban.
Nonetheless, as we, Japan Offspring Fund, found and demonstrated that even 1.1 Bq in 1kg of food could cause harm to the body, we are asking for a legal limit at 1 Bq. Thus, we decided to support the South Korean decision, in order to protect South Korean people and eventually, to be able to protect Japanese people.
On the same level with radioactive waste
The Japanese standard for defining radioactive waste is set at 100 Bq for both Cesium 134 and 137.
As the Japanese legal limit for radioactivity in food is set at 100 Bq for Cesium 134 and 137, Japanese people are barely spared from eating radioactive waste.
But South Korean people are fishing in the Pacific Ocean just near Fukushima, and their legal limit for radioactivity is set at 370 Bq. That is to say that they are eating fishes as dangerous as radioactive wastes.
The limit defined by the Codex Alimentarius is of 1000 Bq. They are indeed deeming acceptable foods 10 times more radioactive than nuclear wastes.
If the South Korean government asked the Codex Alimentarius to review its standards, their ban on Japanese seafood imports would then be justified and they would be able to protect the South Korean population. That is the idea we submitted to the inquiry commission, but for a country supportive of nuclear power generation like South Korea, is that even conceivable?
On May 21th 2015, the Japanese government filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against South Korea, for its policy on seafood imports.
The JOF efforts bore fruits as the Korean government is not yielding before the pressure exerted by the Japanese government, which drove the latter to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization.
At the moment, Fukushima is working on how to solve to problem, but 300 tons of the water used to cover the melted reactor of the plant are still leaking in the sea every day.
As long as contaminated water is being leaked into sea, arguing about the safety of the Pacific Ocean fishes is out of the question.
Enfeebled by mutations
Many scientists are speaking about the influence of the radioactive particles scattered during the Fukushima disaster, but none of them is analyzing the problem from a genetic point of view. Only germ cell genes are responsible for heredity. It was discovered in 1927 that radiations could affect germ cell genes, in other words that they caused them to mutate. When people think about “mutations”, many of them would think about malformations, but in fact they are rarely due to mutations. Most of mutations would cause slight body weakness, dull the mind and weaken the immune system, letting us more vulnerable to infectious diseases and cancer. But as those changes are almost imperceptible, neither the interested nor his family would notice anything. It has also been proved by experiments on animals that it shortened their life span.
Slight but real damages to the future generations
Regarding the influence of Fukushima nuclear accident on the gene pool, we must think of Japanese people as a whole. People from southern islands of Kyushu and Shikoku do not feel concerned with the nuclear disaster, but after a few generations, people would be migrating and the mutated genes would mix with others, spreading all over the country. That is the reason why gene mutations put the future of Japan at risk if we consider the whole Japanese people gene pool.
The most important aspect of the problem is the internal exposure to radiations (by ingesting irradiated food for example), but many searchers are only looking at external irradiation. When it comes to internal irradiation, the effects on the person irradiated differ from the influence on his/her children. To fear that those effects pass on to the next generations is the reality of DNA mutations.
To say that “There aren’t any effects appearing at the moment” is not the least appropriate when speaking about the safety of nuclear radiations. Indeed, the effects of radiation exposure only manifest themselves in the future.
Nowadays, it is possible to detect some diseases on infants through examinations, but there are also hereditary diseases appearing only later, like mental disabilities, that can’t be diagnosed just after birth. However, all those represent only a tiny fraction of the effects brought about by the radiations, and it is only when the number of hereditary diseases and anomalies will go up amongst the next generations that we will realize it is the influence of radiations.
Few people work at places where they are exposed to radioactive rays, therefore even if there are repercussions on the next generations, it will only concern a limited number of people, which is why it is tolerated. But the problem in the present case is that more than a million citizens are breathing in and ingesting quite a lot of radioactive particles, which makes the situation very different from the workers’ one. Moreover, children, youngsters and pregnant women are also living there, so it is of utmost importance to prevent them from being exposed to radiations as much as possible.
How is the world’s most eminent basic researcher viewing Fukushima’s nuclear accident ?
Taisei Nomura, emeritus professor at Osaka University, has achieved unrivalled research results on cancers and teratogenesis caused by radiations on second generation of mice. He is nowadays considered the world’s most eminent basic researcher in the field of radiation genetics. It was known that mice exposed to radioactive rays would develop cancer but Dr. Nomura was the first to demonstrate in the 1970’s that cancer was passing down through generations and that the probability of developing cancer was linked to the radiations intensity.
Combined radiation injuries
There are elements in Dr. Nomura’s researches that can’t be overlooked when thinking about Fukushima’s nuclear accident.
When mice are exposed even only once to radioactive rays, not only those mice but also their young and the next generation end up developing lung cancers, liver cancers and leukemia. If the young – born before their parents develop any illness – are exposed once more to radioactive rays or chemicals, the resulting effects increase exponentially.
These research results applied to human beings imply that after being exposed to low-intensity radiations, someone is even more likely to develop cancer if he was to ingest irradiated food or food containing chemicals. If people irradiated because of a nuclear accident should keep on consuming irradiated foods, the probability they develop cancer in the next 10 to 15 years is actually increased by the “Combined radiation” phenomenon.
Why predisposition to cancer is hereditary
There are three reasons why children whose parents have been irradiated are predisposed to cancer. The increase in the risk of developing cancer for the mice used in the experience is due to mutations in one of the numerous genes involved in the immune system or the functioning of the metabolism, resulting in the weakening of their immune system or the reduction of their ability to recover.
In the areas contaminated by the Chernobyl disaster in Russia, many children whose parents are soldiers, firemen, or local inhabitants, are developing illnesses exactly as in the experiences realized with the mice. The fact that those illnesses are developed rather by inhabitants’ children than soldiers’ children is hinting that it is linked to internal exposure to radiations, through the consumption of irradiated food.
As there are many more people living near Fukushima than there were at Chernobyl, we can’t help but worry about the influence of radioactive contamination on all those people.
Please Donate and Help JOF Make a Documentary Film:
“The Truth About Fukushima 311”
May 8, 2011
Japan Offspring Fund was established in 1984 and is registered as a Non-Political Organization (NPO). JOF activities include campaigning about safety issues regarding “living”, a broad concept based on the Japanese word kurashi. We publish a monthly member magazine as well as posters and books, and produce videos and documentaries about important issues including food safety and public health.
Deeply concerned about the ongoing crisis in Fukushima since March 11, 2011, JOF has a mission to change public opinion regarding nuclear energy. We have a long history as an independent NPO that is strongly opposed to nuclear power generation. To complete this mission, JOF believes we should make a film called “The Truth about Fukushima 311” (tentative title), and release this film using the Internet to viewers all over the world.
Fukushima has already changed the energy policies in several other countries. Japan, however, appears to have great difficulties to review or even discuss its heavy dependency on nuclear power generation (there are 55 nuclear power generators in Japan). We do not agree with the current lack of debate in Japan, and we must do something.
Since the massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear power generators have released radioactivity into the air and the Pacific Ocean. The range of the damage is yet unknown. However, if such accidents happen somewhere in Japan, we are afraid that our children will be badly hurt by radioactivity. Such damage is irreversible.
The debate about nuclear issues is extremely difficult in Japan, for historical reasons. Already in 1960, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) made the following assessment: If an accident happens at small scale nuclear power plant (about 170,000 Kw), and if 2% of the radioactivity is released, 5,000 people will suffer from radiation damage, and 720 people will die. It was further estimated that 17,600,000 people will need to escape temporarily, and 220,000 people will be forced to move away from their homes for an extended period of time. In addition, JAIF also assumed that it will be impossible to continue agriculture in an area as large area as half of Honshu (the main island of Japan), and it was estimated that the cost of the damage will be 2.2 times larger than the national budget.
Considering this assumption by JAIF, the accident and crisis currently happening in Fukushima is an expected circumstance. But people who still support the pro-nuclear power point of view claim that “The Fukushima Daiichi No.1 atomic power generators were very old, and there was insufficient repair work. However, the Fukushima Daini No. 2 atomic power generators are all right. There will be no problems.”
Help JOF Make a Documentary Film
JOF has a mission to change this situation, and help create a society using no nuclear energy. Even though we are a small NPO, we have an important role to play.
As you may know, major sponsors of media including major newspapers and TV stations are the power companies, including oil and nuclear industries. Thus, the major media channels will continue to release opinions from those who are pro-nuclear. There are even cases of journalists who have changed to a pro-nuclear position, since they can receive up to 5,000,000 Yen (approx. 60,000 USD) for a single article, if they promise not to write about the negative aspects of nuclear power.
I personally know a great director who is famous for making documentary films. He has produced many documentary films about a wide range of topics, including nuclear power, genetics, and life. If you are interested in such topics, you may already have seen his films, which have been shown both in Japan and abroad. He is appreciated globally. Currently, he is a professor at a university. I contacted him soon after March 11, and asked him, “Do you want to make a documentary film about Fukushima?” He replied, “Of course, I can’t wait to start making a film about Fukushima 311!”
I recently met him and his old colleagues, who have all retired from film making companies. However, they never stop talking about what kind of film they will shoot next, although they don’t have any budget to make films. They never give up telling people the truth by using the power of documentary films.
Japan Offspring Fund would like to ask these experienced directors to make a film about Fukushima 311. We are sure they will make a wonderful documentary to tell the hidden truth about this accident, and motivate people all over the world to become actively anti-nuclear.
We need to raise funds for this film making project. Our initial target is to collect 2,000,000 Yen (approx. 25,000 USD). If we succeed to reach this amount, JOF will ask the great director to make the film. The fund-raising will continue as they have confirmed that they can start to make the film if we collect at least 5,000,000 Yen (approx. 60,000 USD). Also, to promote this film to all over the world, we may need additional funding at a later stage. We don’t think this is an impossible task!
I am convinced that if we succeed to produce this film, it would win international awards, and public opinion all over the world including Japan would change.
I sincerely appreciate your cooperation to help JOF raise funds for this important project.
Junichi Kowaka
Director of Japan Offspring Fund
Please send check to the following address if you are in the US.
Write “Japan Offspring Fund” on your check.
Japan Offspring
P.O. Box 2671
Winterville, NC
28590 USA
For other countries, kindly contact JOF directly.
About the earthquake and the tsunami on March 11, 2011
JOF conveys our deepest condolences to the victims and their families.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
To the folks all over the world, JOF appreciates all your support for Japan Offspring Fund.
The JOF office and all the staff at JOF is fine. We continue to lead the movement against nuclear power generation.
Director of Japan Offspring Fund,
Junichi Kowaka
Please read more about Nuclear Safety Issues
JOF put several videos related to post-harvest pesticides on you tube.
Please take a look.
Food Contamination with Post-Harvest Pesicides（ALL）
DANGER OF POSTHARVEST PESTICIDES （ALL）
There are numerous wonderful Onsen or hot springs in Japan, but also many issues and problems regarding the different types that consumers are not aware of. One type of hot spring has water flowing directly from a source, and many people probably believe it to be the most common type. This is not the case; it accounts for only about 10% of all hot springs in Japan. Rather, most hot spring facilities are re-using the water after filtering it and heating it again. Due to the filtering, the components of the natural hot spring water are reduced, while other substances such as shampoo residues often remain. During our investigation, Japan Offspring Fund found that such types of hot springs also can be called “natural hot springs” even though that is a rather fake description.
Shirakawago Onsen: Photo Copyright Shuichi Kikuchi
Mistakes during the re-circulation and reuse of the hot spring water can lead to the propagation of harmful bacteria such as Legionella. Macrophages or amoebas that can spread Legionella have been found in 60% of hot springs. Incidents and deaths from this severe bacterial infection have occurred, traced to hot spring bathing. In order to prevent further accidents, many hot springs are adding chlorine in large quantities. Of course this changes the smell and also the feeling in a negative way.
Large bathing establishments, as part of the hot spring boom, have been developed together with inns that are depleting natural headsprings of hot water. This is becoming a serious problem. The sense of healing that comes with visiting a natural hot spring will be diminished when we destruct natural environment.
JOF had many opportunities to discuss hot springs and bathing culture with Mr Etsuo Noguchi, who spent 40 years as a journalist investigating some 3000 different hot springs. Just before he passed away, we started the Association of Hot Spring Culture and Safety in January 2009. The plan is to recommend only such hot springs and inns that have a history of protecting the environment and applying appropriate safety measures, so that bathers can truly relax.
Photos Copyright Shuichi Kikuchi
Following is the list of Hot springs that we can recommend.
Name of Hot Spring/Name of Inn (location)
1. Niseko Konbu Onsen/ Koikawa Onsen Inn (Hokkaido)
2. Ginkonyu (Hokkaido)
3. Nyuto Onsen/Tsurunoyu (Akita)
4. Natsuse Onsen/Miyakowasure (Akita)
5. Doroyu Onsen/ Okuyama Inn (Akita)
6. Akinomiya Onsenkyo/Takanoyu onsen (Akita)
7. Kunimi Onsen/Ishizuka Inn (Iwate)
8. Onogawa Onsen/Asahiya Inn (Yamagata)
9. Azuma Takayu Onsen/Azumaya (Fukushima)
10. Fudoyu Onsen (Fukushima)
11. Okutuchiyu Onsen/Kawakami Onsen (Fukushima)
12. Futamata Onsen/Daimaru Asunaro Sou (Fukushima)
13. Nigatatakanosu Onsen/Shikino Sato Kikuya (Nigata)
14. Muikamachi Onsen/Kawarazaki Yumotokan (Nigata)
15. Kaikake Onsen/Kaikake Onsen Kan (Nigata)
16. Hoshi Onsen/Chojukan (Gumma)
17. Tange Onsen/Misato Kan (Gumma)
18. Kawanaka Onsen/Kadohan ryokan (Gumma)
19. Sawatari Onsen/Maruhon Ryokan (Gumma)
20. Kusatsu Onsen/Tenoji ya (Gumma)
21. Sagasawa Onsen/Yuyado Sagasawa Kan (Sizuoka)
22. Simobe Onsen/Koyubougensen Kan (Yamanashi)
23. KoshuNishiyama Onsen/Keiunkan (Yamanashi)
24. Narata Onsen/Shirane Kan (Yamanashi)
25. Yamada Onsen/Fukei Kan (Nagano)
26. Shibu Onsen/Rekishino Yado Kanaguya (Nagano)
27. Kasenan Seni Onsen/Iwano yu (Nagano)
28. Hotaka Onsen Kyo/ Yunoyado Jonenbo (Nagano)
29. Fukuji Onsen/Yumoto Choza (Gifu)
30. Shinhotaka Onsen/Tani Onsen (Gifu)
31. Shinhotaka Onsen/Suimei Kan Karukaya Sanso (Gifu)
32. Shinhotaka Onsen/Yarimi Kan (Gifu)
33. Shirakawago Hiarase Onsen/Tosuke no yu Fujiya (Gifu)
34. Nagasaki Obama Onsen/Ryokan Kunisaki (Nagasaki)
35. Kurokawa Onsen/Yamanoyado Shinmeikan (Kumamoto)
36. Myoken Onsen/Wasureno sato Gajoen (Kagoshima)
(From Shokuhin to Kurashi no Anzen Issue No. 238)
Better Food Allergy Labelling Needed
The number of children with food allergy problems is increasing in Japan. From April, 2002, there is a legal obligation to clearly label foods that contain allergens.
There are a large number of such allergens. Among the many substances that can cause allergic reactions, some are more severe and common than others. Food makers must clearly label wheat, buckwheat, egg, milk and peanuts in processed foods, noting in Japanese: 「ｘｘを含む」 (“Contains ｘｘ”). This list contains the following ingredients:
| 小麦 そば 卵 乳 ピーナッツ |
wheat soba (buckwheat) egg milk peanuts |
Food makers are recommended to note on the package that they use another 20 common allergens. They usually include this information below the list of ingredients. This list of allergens includes:
| あわび いか いくら えび オレンジ カニ キウイフルーツ 牛肉 くるみ さけ さば 大豆 鶏肉 豚肉 まつたけ もも やまいも りんご ぜらちん バナナ |
awabi (abalone) ika (squid) ikura (fish roe, fish egg) ebi (shrimp) orange kani (crab) kiwi fruit beef walnuts sake (salmon) saba (mackerel) soy beans chicken pork matsutake (mushroom) peach yamaimo (yam) apple gelatin banana |
For people with food allergies, the correct labelling of food allergens on the package is a very important issue.
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