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USDA to offer irradiated beef to schoolkids
Interesting news story from:
http://www.planetark.org/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=20998
Stewart Farber
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6/2/03
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Agriculture Department said it will allow hamburgers and
meat loaf treated with low doses of bacteria-destroying radiation to be served in
U.S. school cafeterias.
Individual school districts have the choice of not buying irradiated ground beef
from the USDA, officials said.
"Irradiation technology is another tool to enhance food safety," said Elsa
Murano, USDA undersecretary for food safety.
The department will make the products available in January 2004 for a premium of
13 cents to 20 cents per pound.
Irradiation, which has been endorsed by the World Health Organization, exposes
food to ionizing radiation that kills insects, molds and deadly bacteria such as
E. coli 0157:H7. It is used to sterilize many non-food products and has been used
on wheat flour since 1963.
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