The process is entirely automated, involving no human exposure to radiation. Packages of food travel along a conveyor belt through an irradiation chamber where they are exposed to a controlled dose of ...

Food industry groups attribute most consumer discomfort to the current Federal law requiring that irradiated food be labelled “Treated by Irradiation” and feature a radura symbol on the package.

Canada recently (finally) approved the use of irradiation to safeguard fresh and frozen ground beef. The United States has allowed its use for that purpose (and many others) since 1999. And over 60 ...

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.

IBA, Aerial and Bühler have organized an online symposium fully dedicated to food irradiation. The International Food Irradiation Symposium (IFIS) is scheduled to run online March 9-11.

“Food irradiation has been studied globally for decades and is a safe, effective means of reducing foodborne illness-causing pathogens, sterilizing insects, delaying ripening or sprouting, and ...