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This post has been changed since it was first posted (see below). Japan’s nuclear crisis is fueling panic in China, where shoppers have spurred a run on salt in attempt to prevent radiation-related illnesses and to secure uncontaminated salt sources. China’s top economic agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, warned consumers Thursday against hoarding salt, and said it would work with local authorities to maintain price stability and market supply. Grocery store shelves have been ransacked over the past several days. Reuters Customers flock to buy salt at a supermarket in Lanzhou, Gansu province on Thursday. Consumers in cities along the China’s coastline, such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, and even in inland capital Beijing, began stockpiling table salt after problems at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power complex sparked concerns that radiation would spread to China by air and sea, possibly contaminating the land and future food sources. More In Earthquake Doomsday Fever Strikes Taiwan China Watch: Rare Earths Continue Skyward, Beijing Backing Indian Insurgents? Watch: Chinese Workers Bused Out of Japan Quake Zone Can Nuclear Power Be Safe? Slightly Irradiated Fava Beans Spur Mystery in Taiwan While iodized table salt does contain healthy, nonradioactive iodine, health authorities say it doesn’t contain enough to protect the body against damage from radioactive iodine that may be released during a nuclear event. Further, only a fraction of China’s salt for consumption comes from the sea, said Song Zhangjing, a spokesman for industry organization the China Salt ?Association. “In China, most salt are from salt mines.” China’s salt-buying rush is a sign of widespread fear that Japan’s nuclear woes will have far-reaching implications beyond the island. News of Fukushima’s nuclear leaks have stirred up memories of Ukraine’s nuclear accident at Chernobyl in 1986 and fears that nuclear disaster will not be contained. Experts and Japanese officials