Re: FDA likely to approve meat irradiation-Spokesman

["Schoenhofer" <schoenho@via.at>]

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> >If this is the company I'm thinking of, the low power part refers to the

> >energy of the electron beam used to irradiate the meat. 

For irradiation you may use electron beams, but as far as I know for
irradiation of food usually gamma-rays from Cs-137 or Co-60 are used. These
gamma-rays will not activate anything to produce radioactive substances.

Franz