Detection of food treated with ionizing radiation
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چکیده
Treatment of food with ionizing energy-'food irradiation'is finally becoming reality in many countries. The benefits include an improvement in food hygiene, spoilage reduction and extension of shelf-life. Although properly irradiated food is safe and wholesome, consumers should be able to make their own free choice between irradiated and non-irradiated food. For this purpese labelling is indispensable. in order to check compliance with existing regulations, detection of radiation treatment by analysing the food itself is highly desirable. Significant progress has been made in recent years in developing analytical detection methods utilizing changes in food originating from the radiation treatment. © 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
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