[ RadSafe ] " Canadian pet food company blames Australian cat deaths on irradiation " - Company Press Release

[Steven Dapra]

Nov. 29

         The nutcases are the ones who are claiming that irradiated food 
killed their pets.

Steven Dapra


At 09:42 PM 11/28/08 -0600, Kai Kaletsch wrote:
>Interesting. These guys don't seem to be nutcases.
>
>It would be nice if someone familiar with food irradiation would comment 
>on some of the claims made. In particular, how does the reduction in 
>vitamin levels after food irradiation compare to other preservation 
>methods (e.g. pasteurization)?
>
>Some food cans have a smooth (plastic?) inner coating. What about the 
>possibility of that breaking down from irradiation and contaminating the 
>food. (The ratio of packaging to content is pretty big for wet cat food.)
>
>Kai
>
>Kai Kaletsch
>Environmental Instruments Canada Inc.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo M. Lowe - SENES Consultants 
>Limited" <llowe at senes.ca>
>To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
>Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 12:10 PM
>Subject: [ RadSafe ] " Canadian pet food company blames Australian cat 
>deaths on irradiation " - Company Press Release
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>The company reasons for their statements can be found at
>>http://www.championpetfoods.com/
>>(Click on Australis Only).
>>
>>Comments?
>>
>>
>>Leo M. Lowe, Ph.D., P.Phys.