Re: Food Irradiation

[Al Aqualino <aa2h@virginia.edu>]

>     What dose would be required to destroy E. coli in beef?  What type of 
>     irradiation would you use: Co-60?  What would be a practical activity 
>     and irradiation time to kill E. coli in a meat production facility?
>     What changes could you expect in the beaf after processing: taste, 
>     nutritional value, appearance, storage requirements...
>     Anyone out there feel like educating us on what differences we would 
>     expect in our food (not our politics) if it were possible to irradiate 
>     various foods in the U.S.?

Try:
	http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/inforesource/other/food/index.html
and
	http://www.eatright.org/irradi.html