FDA Bans Japanese Food Imports

 Japan's economy has taken a turn for the worse after the recent devastation. The earthquake and tsunami that occurred in the past week have left many people in dire straits. With all of the destruction, Japanese people will not be able to buy stuff from the US and other countries. They have allocated most of their funds to rebuilding and to helping the situation and are in need of more help.
  Its going to be hard for Japan to rebuild, especially because the US and other countries have banned buying food from them. The radiation that has been leaked in the past week from the nuclear reactors has contaminated a lot of the food products coming out of the country. Thus, the FDA just announced on tuesday that they will not be purchasing any food from Japan that has been contaminated. They are going to step up screenings for food from Japan to ensure that the American public is not affected. Although Japanese imports only make up about 4% of our food supply, it still could affect us. Everything that happens to Japan affects the rest of the world. We are living in an interconnected world, and with more and more people spreading news on Twitter and Facebook, we are more connected to other cultures.
  This FDA inspection of food is like the community service I did. Working in the food bank, we had to reject certain foods to see if they were good or bad. This ties in to the Japanese situation right now.

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