The Wholesomeness of Irradiated Food

As-may have been mentioned by previous speaker?,'the basic process of food irradiation does not differ in the physical sense from any other food processing techniques which involve the application of radiation energy to food. Thus ordinary or microwave cooking uses longer wavelength radiation while food irradiation employs the shorter wavelength of gamma irradiation produced by Co or Cs or by electron beams. The energy level used in food irradiation is too low ever to lead to any production of radioactivity in the irradiated food, hence wholesomeness considerations can totally exclude this aspect. The uniqueness of food irradiation rests inherently on the particular type of energy employed and has aroused special attention because of this fact.