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Article: Food Irradiation a Technique for Preserving and Improving the Safety of Food.
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- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1989
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Food Irradiation, a Technique for Preserving and Improving the Safety of Food
All the evidence seems to suggest that treating food materials with low levels of radiation can help reduce spoilage during storage and the incidence of disease that can be borne by food. In many countries approval has been granted for the treatment of certain classes of foods by this technique but other governments feel doubtful as to its merits or perhaps fear what their population might think.
At the end of the day, it is ...