Re: Food Irradiation propaganda help -Reply

["T. Welty" <tjw@engr.uark.edu>]

Is food irradiation used to preserve MRE's?


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Tim Welty/Southwest Radiation Calibration Center/Fayetteville, Arkansas
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WWW: web.engr.uark.edu/engr/enrc/srcc.html              17/06/97


On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Jim Webb wrote:

> An interesting fact that you may want to point out to your audience is
> that the space program (NASA) has been using irradiated foods in space
> for many years.    There was (and may still be there) a big food
> irradiation program in Natick, Massachusetts.  I believe it was operated
> by the U.S. Army for NASA.  I would not be surprise to learn that the
> military has been using irradiated food for years as well.
> 
> Good Luck with your article
> 
> Jim Webb
>