Irradiation of meat (taste change?)

["Björn Cedervall" <bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com>]

Radsafers,

Food irradiation: I wonder if anyone could comment on the eventual 
effects irradiation may have on the taste of meat (with this question, I 
am not implying that there is such an effect). What I have in mind is 
that free radicals may attack fatty acids and
other molecules that contribute to the taste. Is this of relevance – 
when weighed against costs/bacterial disease (politics!) etc.?

bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com
Depts. Medical Radiation Biology and Medical Radiation Physics,
Karolinska Institutet, Box 260,
S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Ph/fax: Int + 468 343525 (Med. Radiation Physics)


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