EDITORIAL: Fear not: Recent salmonella outbreak shows benefits of irradiating many foods - (Brownsville Herald)
September 1, 2008 – 8:48 pmThe Food and Drug Administration offered welcome news the other day: It’s safe to make salsa again.
Commodity distributors have had the ability to irradiate food for decades. Public fear, borne largely from misperceptions, has kept the practice from becoming more common. That simple fact has led to the loss of billions of dollars worth of food, leading to shorter supplies and higher prices.
Irradiation is deemed safe, and is done to varying degrees in more than 40 countries, including the United States. On an international level, it greatly aids in getting food to areas where it is desperately needed, such as Darfur and other places plagued with famine, war and other conditions.
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