Jakarta, Sept. 30 -- The Industry Ministry will investigate allegations of radioactive contamination in some national food commodities, including cloves exported to the USA.

"No, we have not heard of (that finding) yet. Please inform us, we will investigate it," the ministry's spokesperson Febri Hendri Antoni Arif said here on Tuesday.

Arif said that his administration is seeking more detailed information, such as the degree of contamination and how it occurred.

"After being investigated, it will be seen how it looks like, where it happened, in what sort of container, and who (caused) the radioactive item to be in there," he said.

His administration will also coordinate with stakeholders, such as the Nuclear Monitoring Agency (Bapeten...