• Wild plants and mushrooms planted or harvested for sale or shipment are monitored to confirm their safety.
• 63 items of wild plants and mushrooms in Fukushima Pref. have been monitored, and products which exceed reference value of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are decreasing.
• As a result of monitoring, 19 items are restricted shipping containing bed-grown shitake mushroom, wild mushroom, bamboo-shoot, etc.

Reference: Circumstance of restriction of the distribution about mushrooms and wild plants(Fukushima pref.) (Forestry Agency, Jun 19, 2018)

Table 1　Monitoring results of mushrooms and wild plants

	monitored items	exceeding reference value
FY2012	1,180	90
FY2013	1,457	80
FY2014	1,564	25
FY2015	1,562	7
FY2016	1,833	3
FY2017	2,111	1
FY2018	1,733	1
FY2019	1,942	0
FY2020	1,589	0

Reference：Number of monitored items(FY2011-FY2020) （Fukushima pref, partially modified）　https://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/site/portal/ps-monthly-report.html

Fig.2　Monitoring results of mushrooms and wild plants

Table 2　Reference values of mushrooms（Bq/kg）

items	Reference value	Setting
Mushrooms, wild plants （reference value of general food）	100	Apr 2012
Row wood, bed log	50	March 2012
Medium of mushroom cultivation	200	March 2012

Reference：Q&A Current and future of forest, forestry and radioactive material aim to restoration and regeneration (Forestry Agency, Oct 2018, partially modified)

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