Officials with Fukushima Prefecture say the hay that cows were feed in Miniami-soma City, is contaminated with 75,000 becquerels per kilogram of cesium.

They’re still waiting for results of well water tests.

As a result of yesterday’s test results, Miniami-soma City is ordering all residents get tested for internal radiation contamination.  So far people from two areas of the city have levels of contamination that call for evacuations.

The contaminated cows got through radiation checks, before being shipped to slaughter, because only the outside of the cows were tested.  It turns out they were contaminated internally, because of the highly radioactive hay they ate.

Now more beef in a far off city have been found to be contaminated.  Officials in Shizuoka City, more than 300 kilometers (187 miles) from Minami-soma City, decided to check their meat packing factories.  They found that beef, bought back on June 10, is contaminated with 1,998 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram (the national safe limit is 500).

To make matters worse, most of that beef went to local restaurants, or retailers.   So far at least five prefectures have found contaminated beef.

A prefecture in Japan, is like a county in the U.S.   A region in Japan, is like a state in the U.S.