Re: Food irradiation---do seeds sprout? Did that denature

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@hotmail.com>]

>.  "Food irradiation is replacing the use of ethylene oxide and >methyl 
>bromide and is less harmful to the spice than either heat or >ethylene 
>oxide, is more effective against bacteria than ethylene >oxide,
This sounds fine.

>and does not leave chemical residues on products"
I am not sure that I would buy this sentence for certain fat containing 
foods that have been irradiated - I have some different information 
regarding this (from the "FDA" of Sweden). Fats left some residuals that 
easily can be detected - but it doesn't seem to be a risk issue so 
irradiation is probably very beneficial in cases like chicken foods.

Bjorn Cedervall  bcradsafers@hotmail.com
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