Letter to The Editor: Consumer best practices crucial for safe meat, poultry
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Live Fresh Oysters Will Be Zapped for Vibrio at Biloxi Airport
Down in Pass Christian at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, as the adjoining waters of the Gulf of Mexico warm, Crystal Seas Seafood is offering its customers something new that the seafood company is...
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Food Irradiation: Facts and Figures
In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12...
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FDA Allows Irradiation in Crustaceans for Foodborne Pathogen Control
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow irradiation on crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish and prawns to control foodborne pathogens and extend shelf life. After a safety assessment considered...
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Beach Beat: Oh Canada, what’s the beef with irradiated beef?
Canadians have 10 days left if they wish to weigh in on the question of whether their government should allow ground beef to be irradiated to kill pathogens such as E. coli. It’s the second time this...
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Canada offers beef irradiation as another tool for food safety
The government of Canada’s announcement this week of changes to its food and drug regulations to permit irradiation of ground beef was not a surprise. It was a long time coming, though, with industry...
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Acceptance, use of food irradiation reached new levels in 2017
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the January 2018 edition of Food Irradiation Update and is posted here with permission of the author. The following is a recap of progress made...
View ArticleNew study predicts food irradiation market growth over coming years
An intelligence report published by Advance Market Analytics details insights about the potential future of food irradiation around the world, pointing to food safety among the benefits. United States...
View ArticleThe crystal ball for 2022 shows several food safety topics still in the...
The pandemic will no doubt net more headlines in 2022 than any other topic, but that doesn’t mean discussions and news coverage about food safety will fade away. Along with recalls, outbreaks, and...
View ArticleAustralia to consider change to food irradiation rules
An application has been made to amend food irradiation rules in Australia. The proposal seeks to increase the maximum permitted energy level of machines generating X-rays for irradiating food from 5 to...
View ArticleMeat Industry Pushes Carcass Irradiation
Two and half weeks before The New York Times put the beef industry’s safety flaws under a microscope, the meat industry had renewed its campaign for beef carcass irradiation starting with the new...
View ArticleUSDA: Meat Irradiation off Table for Now
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not moving forward on a meat industry request to approve carcass irradiation as a food safety technique, according to Meatingplace. The American Meat...
View ArticleGAO: Transparency Needed on Irradiation at FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could improve transparency and recordkeeping on key decisions on irradiation petitions, according to a new report conducted by the Government Accountability...
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Is Food Irradiation The Future?
Part I in a two-part series on food irradiation, with a focus on the science behind the technology. With summer underway, barbeque season is in full swing. For some, that means a fresh salad, for...
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Is Food Irradiation the Future? Part II
Part II in a two-part series on food irradiation. On foodborne illness outbreaks caused by ground beef, fresh leafy greens, and spices–all foods that could arguably be made safer through...
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Texas Researchers Devise New Irradiation Method
Food-safety engineers from Texas AgriLife Research at Texas A&M University report they’ve devised a method to reduce the amount of irradiation needed to kill pathogens like Salmonella or E. coli...
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German E. coli Crisis Revives Irradiation Debate
The E. coli crisis currently sickening more than 3,800 and attributed to German-grown sprouts illustrates the need to keep produce safe, and the way to do this is through irradiation. So argues a...
View ArticleMeat Industry Petition for Beef Irradiation Denied
Eighteen months ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) signaled that the meat industry’s 2005 request to use low-dose irradiation as a processing aid to...
View ArticleDid FSIS Blow a Chance to Make Beef Even Safer?
Last Friday, Dr. Betsy Booren, Director of Scientific Affairs at the American Meat Institute, received a long-awaited letter from the Food Safety Inspection Service. It had been five long years almost...
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Is It Time to Accept Food Irradiation?
When it comes to ensuring that food enters the market carrying as few pathogens and insects as possible, the large majority of health, governmental and scholarly authorities seem to agree — food...
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Clearing the Way for Irradiation
Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began clearing irradiated foods for sale in 1963, few such foods have attained much prevalence within grocery store aisles. In fact, most markets still...
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Canadians Support Food Irradiation Once They Know About It
A public opinion survey has surfaced in Canada that shows folks do not know much about food irradiation, but suggests they might support its use. The 65-year old Consumer Association of Canada released...
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FDA Expands Irradiation Uses for Meat and Poultry
Meat and poultry producers who use ionized radiation to kill pathogens in product now have expanded options, thanks to two rules published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday. The first...
View ArticleEU food irradiation data shows a continued decline
Use of food irradiation in Europe has continued to fall, according to recently released figures. More than 5,000 tons of foodstuffs were irradiated in EU member states in 2020 and 2021 compared to...
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