Japan establishes radiation safety standards for seafood

The Japanese government has created its first radiation safety standard for seafood in response to toxic water spilling into the ocean from a damaged nuclear plant.

“We will conduct strict monitoring and move forward after we understand the complete situation,” said government spokesman Yukio Edano.

Samples of water taken from around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi facility has tested as high as 7.5 million times the legal limit for radioactive iodine, officials said.