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the
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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
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shipments as being ‘ree
f radiscat.
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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
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rt Pye,
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' ocamtananated fisn Dut
the amtit ne
heave oCearaon Lak
vapanese vad!
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a
F
tne
wa
paynsoped
g100z$ wa qod
t2 a consumer of tuna from mecsuremerts ~ade in ‘his way.