From controlling pests in shipments of grains to increasing the shelf life of packaged foods to adding more choices to the dinner trays of hospital patients, food irradiation contributes to improving ...

In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 ...

Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began clearing irradiated foods for sale in 1963, few such foods have attained much prevalence within grocery store aisles. In fact, most markets ...

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 ...

Food Irradiation involves shining electromagnetic radiation like X-rays and gamma rays or electron beams onto food to maintain food quality, kill harmful bacteria and control insects. The technique ...

Gamma irradiation technology was established in the 1950’s and has developed to become the most commonly used irradiation sterilization technology. Today approximately 300 irradiation facilities ...

Alexandra de Blas: Let's go to Queensland now where plans to build a new irradiation facility are causing concern. Australia currently has two irradiation plants, one in Dandenong, Victoria and ...

More than 300,000 people become sick from food-borne illnesses each year in the U.S., and almost 5,000 of those die. Could food irradiation make the food supply safer? In this column, I’ll take a ...