[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
RE: Sad news
It's all in the packaging...not to make a pun...sterilization companies
using linear accelerators for sterilization purposes call it "electronic
sterilization"...same radiation...different name...Jim Nicolosi, Knoxville,
TN
Original Message:
-----------------
From: BERNARD L COHEN blc+@PITT.EDU
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 09:23:57 -0500 (EST)
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Sad news
The largest supermarket chain in the Pittsburgh area, Giant Eagle,
did a trial run on irradiated ground beef. They even had a very low fat
version, 4% fat. I really enjoyed it, especially because I like my
hamburgers rare and worry about whether the cooking is effective in
killing harmful microorganisms. The taste was excellent
After a few weeks, they abandoned the experiment as unsuccessful.
It just didn't sell. They said they had to throw out most of their stock.
A couple of questions in my mind: Why doesn't irradiated beef last
a lot longer than a few weeks? Why did they keep it refrigerated all the
time -- doesn't irradiation make refrigeration unnecessary?
Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc@pitt.edu
************************************************************************
You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To unsubscribe,
send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu Put the text "unsubscribe
radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail, with no subject line.
You can view the Radsafe archives at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/
--------------------------------------------------------------------
mail2web - Check your email from the web at
http://mail2web.com/ .
************************************************************************
You are currently subscribed to the Radsafe mailing list. To unsubscribe,
send an e-mail to Majordomo@list.vanderbilt.edu Put the text "unsubscribe
radsafe" (no quote marks) in the body of the e-mail, with no subject line.
You can view the Radsafe archives at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/