RE: Radiation Symbol on Irradiated Food????

["Burba, Michael (BURBAMJ)" <BURBAMJ@UCMAIL.UC.EDU>]

Tom,

The proposed rule published on February 24 shows the Radura as the symbol to
be used. The reporter or the USDA source that was quoted made the technical
error that will probably only be noticed by knowledgeable individuals who
work in the field.

Also, notice that the label will not be required unless the whole parcel of
food is irradiated. Partial  ingredients that are irradiated would not
require the food to be labeled. This would require labels on all packages
that use irradiated spices. The labels would be everywhere!


Mike Burba
Asst RSO
University of Cincinnati
Michael.Burba@uc.edu
(513)558-4110  FAX (9905)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Goff, Tom [SMTP:tom.goff@rfets.gov]
> Sent:	Monday, March 01, 1999 12:29 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Radiation Symbol on Irradiated Food????
> 
> Has everyone seen this??????  I think putting the standard radiation
> symbol
> on irradiated food is  wrong!!!!!  Does anyone know why this is happening?
> Does anyone know who we should address comments to??  Does the Health
> Physics Society know about this??
> 
> Tom Goff
> 
> 
> Thursday February 25, 12:56 am Eastern Time
> 
> Irradiated meat must be prominently labeled - USDA
> 
> WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - U.S. meat companies can use 
> irradiation to kill deadly bacteria but only if they prominently label 
> packages to inform consumers, the U.S. Agriculture Department 
> said Wednesday.   
> 
>  The USDA wants to require that package labels contain the 
> international symbol for radiation and a statement telling 
> consumers the product was treated with irradiation. The symbol 
> must be ``prominently'' placed on the package and the statement 
> printed on the front of the label, the USDA said.  
> 
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