Re: Sad news

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@UCDAVIS.EDU>]

At 09:23 AM 3/4/03 -0500, BERNARD L COHEN wrote:

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?

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March 4, 2003

Davis, CA



It seems to me that beef oxidizes and discolors even when packaged and

refrigerated. People usually don't buy badly discolored beef. 



Otto





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