Food irradiation standards support international trade Irradiation has become widely accepted as a proven and effective post-harvest treatment to reduce bacterial contamination, slow spoilage and ...

Hundreds of studies have proved that irradiation neither adds compounds to food nor takes nutrients away, and that it can help prevent the food-borne illnesses that sicken 48 million Americans and ...

Other consumers fear that irradiation will decrease the nutritional quality of food. It is true that irradiation can damage some vitamins, but the overall effect is minimal, perhaps the same as ...

It's a sure-fire way to clean food, but some say irradiation is unnecessary. March 6, 2009— -- Many food producers want to expose your food to radiation -- zapping it with high levels of ...

Irradiation, properly used, has been proven to dramatically mitigate threats from salmonella and other bacteria that cause food-borne illness. It has been used in the United States for decades, in ...

Food irradiation can provide added value or alternatives to conventional food technologies. After many years of research and the development of international standards through the Joint FAO/WHO Codex ...

Irradiation, which involves bombarding food with high-energy gamma or electron beams to disrupt the DNA of pathogens, has its supporters and critics.

The amount of energy used on food leaves no residue of that energy, and isn’t enough to make food radioactive. “To make something radioactive, you have to affect the nucleus,” Prakash added.

Irradiation darkened the color of the meat and changed its taste in a “noticeable enough” way to cause concerns within the company, said Gary Mickelson, an IBP spokesman.

I read with great frustration a recent letter entitled “Not enough known about food irradiation” in your Dec. 23 edition. I believe the writer is naive regarding the insidiousness of fo… ...

Food & Drink Health Nation & World Food irradiation underused, safety experts say Originally published June 7, 2011 at 5:52 pm Updated June 8, 2011 at 6:19 am ...

Spinach and Peanuts, With a Dash of Radiation While the federal government says that the irradiation of food is safe, the bacteria-killing technology has not been widely embraced in this country.