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 ...

The latest data on food irradiation in Europe shows use of the technique is continuing to go down. Every year, member ...

This article is the twelfth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam? A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory, and Food Safety Concerns, by Samuel Aldrich, adapted and serialized by ...

Organically grown Valencia oranges are on display at a Whole Foods Market in Los Angeles. All food preservation processes affect taste and nutritional content to some degree, but the Food and Drug ...

With increasing acceptance and application of food irradiation, there is an increasing need to disseminate information about irradiated food to the consumers in an objective and clear manner. All ...

How do the potatoes in that sack keep from sprouting on their long trip from the field to the produce section? Why don’t the apples spoil? To an extent, the answer lies in varying amounts of ...

Czech authorities have found instant noodle soups from Vietnam that were irradiated without declaring this on the packaging. The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) carried out an ...

Where can I purchase irradiated chicken? Some grocery stores don't even know what I'm talking about. Therese Jones Response: There is no irradiated chicken being sold to the public in Florida.

Approved by the Food and Drug Administration, irradiation destroys insect pests and such pathogens as E. coli 0157, salmonella, campylobacter and listeria. The American Medical Association, the ...

A sign displaying the radiation symbol, in front of a barrel that has the same symbol on it. - Caspar Benson/Getty Images We appreciate that it's probably not easy to read the words "you might be ...