United States prohibited Japanese food due to radiation

As damage nuclear reactors in Japan will continue to get out of control and concern about the increase of contaminated food, the United States now has banned the import of some food from Japan.
Food United States and drugs (FDA) issued the edict Wednesday, when Japanese officials found radiation in crops near the reactors made. The FDA does not want contaminated food to enter the U.S. food supply.
Last week, Japan fears that radioactive materials released into the air, after the earthquake which damaged nuclear reactors, could contaminate local crops. Japanese health experts warned that this radiation could increase the risk of certain cancers such as leukemia and bone and thyroid cancer.
So the FDA stopped imports of dairy products and fruit and vegetables from affected areas of Japan. Also, Japanese seafood will be the subject of radiation detection before that you can sell.
But according to the FDA, food imports from the accounts of less than 4% of United States food Japan. For example, restaurants in New York not to import a large amount of fresh products of Japan.
While restaurants have not experienced shortage of supplies, because many ingredients are grown in the United States, other products, these wrappers from rice and nori, soon may be imported from places as Korea of the South.
And Japan is facing another challenge. The evidence shows in Tokyo tap water contains levels of radioactive iodine double the safe limit for children. Radioactive particles take drops of moisture in the air. Health officials announced that it is not safe for parents in Tokyo to give their babies the tap water.
Until now, Japan has banned the sale of raw milk and spinach in States near the damaged reactor.
In 1986, the meltdown of Chernobyl in the Ukraine (now Ukraine) RSS devastated and large displaced populations and is linked to widespread and severe defects of birth in the region.
Government agencies in Japan, however, continue to minimize immediate risks to human health, as well as those of the United States; they fear that the radiation will reach the West Coast, which has.
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United Kingdom restaurants to include calorie information on menus

Here in United Kingdom, the Government is encouraging restaurants agreement include calorie counts on their menus.
But effective it is likely to be?
The scheme is currently voluntary, but if companies did not cooperate, the Government can adopt legislation to implement the conformity.
The changes are likely to come into effect in September:

Restaurants, impressions, cafes, bars and sandwich shops signed up to put calorie labelling in their menus to eat and to prepare them since September this year.

It seems a good movement, empowering consumers make wise decisions. The Government feels will address the problem currently facing many dieters: meals prepared at home are easy to count calories as packages are labelled, but meals consumed in cafes staff, canteens and restaurants must be "guesstimated" at best.
The problem is, a small study of America suggests a similar scheme necessarily did not work. The researchers have published their results in the International Journal of obesity.
427 of low-income parents and adolescents were surveyed about their fast food habits before and after the introduction of calorie labelling. While many parents and adolescents noted information, some of them (9% of adolescents and 28% of adults) were considered at the checkout. In general, the number of calories consumed were the same as the introduction of calorie labels.
Even when calorie information is present, it is far from the only thing consumers will take into account. "Flavour" and then on "price", were the main factors considered by parents and adolescents in this study.
Local restaurants have calorie information? If so, it makes a difference to what you ask?
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