Radiation is a bad thing that we don’t want to be exposed to, or so the conventional wisdom goes. We’re most familiar with it in the context of industrial risks and the stories of nuclear disasters ...

Few scientific developments cause as much confusion as those which deal with food. Everybody has to eat, and nobody wants to worry about the safety of what they eat. Perhaps that’s why food ...

Congratulations to Canada for approving the use of irradiation to help prevent contamination of ground beef from causing foodborne illness. The process has been approved in the US for a variety of ...

The IAEA and the French technology resource centre Aerial have agreed to increase joint work on food irradiation, a technique used in over 60 countries to destroy disease-causing bacteria and to ...

New York, Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Food Irradiation Trends Industry" - https://www.reportlinker ...

Research funded in part by the CDC has shown that food irradiation could reduce the number of foodborne outbreaks caused by pathogens. For the project, researchers looked at 2,153 foodborne outbreaks ...

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the spices, seeds, fruits and vegetables that travel from distant origins to your local grocer. A small dose of radiation helps make it possible for ...

Food irradiation is a highly effective way to kill pathogens and viruses on and in food, but it is not widely used, partly because of consumers’ lack of understanding about the process. Despite the ...

WASHINGTON — The Grocery Manufacturers Association has published "Food Irradiation: A Guide for Consumers, Policy Makers and the Media," to better inform all stakeholders about the process. The ...

Cyclospora outbreaks are just a small part of a much larger food safety crisis linked to fresh produce. By Timothy D. Lytton Branded “Atomik” and certified free of excess radioactivity, the artisanal ...

After some years of relative calm, the controversial issue of irradiation is moving back on to the agenda of the world food industry. Alan Osborn explains why, and predicts the outcome of debate ...