While direct exposure to cobalt-60 could harm humans, the irradiation process is safe because the elements almost immediately leave the food. Irradiation doesn't affect the taste of food ...

The word ‘radiation’ strikes fear in some people, but irradiation has played an invisible, beneficial, and often critical role in industry and food safety for over 100 ... emitted from the ...

UP-TO-DATE and Gola potatoes were irradiated about 2 weeks after lifting with 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 rads of cobalt-60 γ-rays at the rate of 3,000 rad/min and cold-stored with appropriate ...