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BarryG20
Aug 03, 2017Explorer
Just a little side info on irradiation, a chunk of the food you/we eat has been irradiated. Though it isnt UV providing the irradiation it is gamma rays, xrays or electron beams that provide the radiation.
It started in the 60's with flour to control mold, then potatoes to help prevent early sprouting
then in the mid 80's they added pork to the approved list to kill trichinosis as well as fruits and vegetables for bugs and shelf life
and again the early 90's first chicken and then a few years later beef was added to the list.
Also somewhere in there seafood or at least some of it was added to the approved list
Doesn't mean it all is, the radura symbol (which looks like a plant inside a circle) is required if it has been unless it is just some of the ingredients in a multi-ingredient product.
It started in the 60's with flour to control mold, then potatoes to help prevent early sprouting
then in the mid 80's they added pork to the approved list to kill trichinosis as well as fruits and vegetables for bugs and shelf life
and again the early 90's first chicken and then a few years later beef was added to the list.
Also somewhere in there seafood or at least some of it was added to the approved list
Doesn't mean it all is, the radura symbol (which looks like a plant inside a circle) is required if it has been unless it is just some of the ingredients in a multi-ingredient product.
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