dk ee aaa fist w | “sat $a: wise * onv The fined tofthe surface fell and‘entered whe : a 2° ~he “oro antes foie. i Malu ant coset ve THaoe amer the t4 taminati no owas ttn f‘ radicactive agshos With the decision o the Vidted tet)es “i°t ond Drug fdministration to monitor incoming shipments .f ture t4r gnignt po conpanios cperating 4 shipments as being ‘ree f radiscat. so To. rs rec; eomed fy 1 yort e * When I arriveo i, Japan on ‘larcr (i, ore Japanese hea clready tonttcred their first sutgoing shipment of Srozer tuna, The Ministry of welfare undertook to have its sautation .nspec:’ ch trained in the use of geiger counters and began the routine inspecsicer os > tn Ancoming and sutgoing tuna at five ports 424 vessels vere Lis “ucted to returm to one of these ports. Five gelge: courters were obtclrce : (com tre Far Tast Command and loaned to the Japanese. number from vavwd. o: 8 [n addit.cr crcteg 9°) om 7 ar .sterad sopreximatcly the sore On Werch 2b, «t 4 conference ait '. otoonese Jovernment officials, they asked for my ecommendaticn Cor raclcu oe omissible contamination, They also askei tne? | oo etimmerc ot ayamine’ion that sncvuld be made of the fish. Because of my unfariliarity with tse nacnanical details of handling tuna shipments, 1 suggested that i ce pernitted to study tuna loading operations scheduled for the fcllowing jay. Thereupon it was arrenged that I should accompany Japanese if fi:13.2 °° ‘7konama where *he Ratan was being loaded witr ‘rover albaccr. Tuna snipments involve many Tisr avg .' t¢ rot on easy matler vo Moniv., properly with inexperienced personnel anc ‘nly a few survey instruments. Based on my inspecticn of the Batan, / suggested thet every tenth fish be monitored for about 3 minute by passing ar >pen window GN probe over the surface of the fisr., paying particular .°tertion t> the gills. I ‘soa instructed them to insert the probe .1t0 fe mouth or the tunc ana inte tne abdominal incisarr threugr tre ° 4° There remainec ‘te question vs t2 be contamiratea jgain it 2s 1.2 clit) ca. f.r resecticn of fish found i 3. "fue Tatter tc evaluate the risk I informed the Ty. > Japanese that I was unavle "co praise ¢ .ra.ist. figure without some study. On the other nano i? was my else) vrmat cigmificantly contaminated ° 2ok9 fish were not ilke.y t: be found. iaw .. vel fol cut to the skins of the eS fish was, of course, & possibility. ‘ris seemed to ve -f Little significance ta 2 in view of axisting cannery practices wher strins tne skins from .he fish when processing begins. J told sne ape eae 7 woule be ctandingon “eeyo, that trey snouac cemtimue, toch. or tre yet my “roposed, anc that wnen anc il to ntai yr we ll ost advised and g.vén one oopertunmit. wou. cee of the fish. My recommencétdonss wo ee 7 Bs o smOuds Tare first manto incpect rt Pye, . * Nooogmte ar tok 0 aga. MAMPR Dee? ‘ “attention, lewspapers ' ocamtananated fisn Dut the amtit ne heave oCearaon Lak vapanese vad! Pak eC mat a F tne wa paynsoped g100z$ wa qod t2 a consumer of tuna from mecsuremerts ~ade in ‘his way.