Consumers across Japan have been paying close attention to the safety and stable supply of food products as farmlands in northeastern Japan -- a major food supply region -- were badly damaged either by seawater brought by tsunami or radiation from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. The safety certification system could play a catalyst role in promoting the benefits of plant factories, which some disaster areas are trying to use as part of their reconstruction efforts.   "We want to produce and offer safe crops in line with the demands of consumers," said Kenichi Ikari, an official of the municipal government in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture.

via Mainichi