The recent romaine and beef outbreaks could have been avoided using perfectly safe food irradiation technology.

Food irradiation involves treating items with low-dose X-rays, electron beams or gamma rays. The high-energy particles in the rays and beams kill disease-causing pathogens such as E. coli and ...

Irradiated Food Sounds Like a Terrible Thing. It’s Actually Really Good. Zapping food with radiation could prevent dangerous food-borne illness outbreaks—if only consumers would get behind the ...

As a safety measure, irradiation occurs at the end of the production chain, with packaged food or ready-to-ship produce treated with precise doses of radiation.

More than 300,000 people become sick from food-borne illnesses each year in the U.S., and almost 5,000 of those die. Could food irradiation make the food supply safer? In this column, I’ll take ...

The Food and Drug Administration, which is about as hasty and reckless as your Aunt Minnie, has given the green light to food irradiation.

What exactly is irradiated meat, and is it okay for people to eat? Here are the facts about this scientific process and how it affects foods like meat.

News about Irradiation of Food, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

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.

The recently posted issue of dogs developing acute kidney disease (Fanconi syndrome) from meat jerky treats imported from China may be due to such products being subjected to irradiation. Meat ...

Abstract: Global Food Irradiation Trends Market to Reach US$276. 7 Million by the Year 2026 . The food irradiation process removes microorganisms and bacteria that cause food poisoning and other ...

Like an old song that keeps coming back, the debate over food irradiation has resurfaced again. The catalyst is the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to approve irradiation as a way to … ...