Food irradiation involves ionizing radiation and uses X-rays, gamma rays or high-energy electron beams. In 2003, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a body established by the FAO and the World Health ...

Gamma irradiation of food is a simple, reliable, and mature technology. However, more use of alternative irradiation technologies, based on electrically generated sources, would help complement the ...

73, No. 2, Jun., 1990 Gamma Irradiation Followed by Cold Stora... 'Marsh' white grapefruit, Citrus paradisi (Macf.). infested with eggs and larvae of Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) ...

the gamma irradiation facilities have been used extensively for food irradiation studies, developing optimized radiation doses for medical product sterilization, and radiation effects evaluations on ...

Nuclear technologies like ionising radiation prolong products shelf life. For Tanzania, the application of these technologies represents ...

Recent studies have focused on comparing the effects of different types of irradiation on various polymer materials. For instance, one study examined the impact of X-ray and gamma radiation on ...

Recent studies have focused on the effects of various radiation types, including protons, gamma rays ... and displacement damage caused by proton irradiation, contrasting with the effects of ...

This is done by choosing isotopes that: Water supplies can be contaminated with a gamma ... own right. Irradiation Contamination Occurs when an object is exposed to a source of radiation outside ...