Re: Food irradiation - what survival levels are aimed for?

["Scott D. Kniffin" <Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

At 13:05 12/04/97 -0600, you wrote:
>> From:          "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>
> So, for example a dose of one
>> kGy might reduce a particular bacterium by 10^6, but this would mean there
>> would still be some (10^[-6])viable bacteria remaining. 
>
>On millionth of one bacterium doesn't make a whole lot of sense.  I 

I presumed he meant that there were 10^-6 times the number of origional
bacteria left alive.  i.e. 50,000,000 organisims initially (10^-6) = 50
remain alive after irradiation.  What did you mean. Professor Raabe?

Scott Kniffin

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