RE: "FOOD WITHOUT FEAR" [FW]

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

1.  Free radicals exist/are generated regardless of the processing/cooking

method.

2.  One of the benefits of irradiation is that it could be performed onboard

fishing vessels, allowing them to stay out longer and return with fresher

fish.



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





-----Original Message-----

From: Frohmberg, Eric [mailto:Eric.Frohmberg@STATE.ME.US]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:02 AM

To: 'J. Marshall Reber'; Radsafe (E-mail)

Subject: RE: "FOOD WITHOUT FEAR" [FW]







Yes, I believe your are correct in that cooking does the job - the concern

is undercooked foods (e.g., pink hamburgers) or cross contamination -

handling raw meat, then a cooked hamburger and then letting it incubate

under a heat lamp for an hour (just as a wild example, not that I can ever

imagine that happening).  



but that leads me to another question - raw fish etc., (sushi, sashimi) has

great potential for bacterial contamination - and most health depts advise

against eating it.  I haven't been following the food irradiation thread -

but has there been any interest in irradiating these foods?  How has the

food irradiation debate been going on in Japan?  I would think this would be

an area where the benefits are tangible and measureable... sorry if this has

already been discussed to death...



-Eric



Eric Frohmberg

Toxicologist

Key Plaza, 8th Floor

11 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0011

Tel: (207) 287-8141

FAX: (207) 287-3981

TTY: (207) 287-8066

eric.frohmberg@state.me.us



-----Original Message-----

From: J. Marshall Reber [mailto:reber@attbi.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:12 PM

To: Radsafe (E-mail)

Subject: Re: "FOOD WITHOUT FEAR" [FW]





Not being a Biologist or a Biochemist my layman's ideas might be

erroneous;  but I am under the impression that most all of the common

bacterial contaminations in meats can be killed by sufficient cooking.

However I have no idea what to do to remove free radicals or their

oxygenated products from irradiated meats.  Any ideas?





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