Radiated beef in school lunches. (update).The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave the OK to allow hamburgers and meat loaf to be treated with low doses of bacteria-destroying radiation and served in school cafeterias. Individual school districts will have a choice to not buy irradiated ground beef when products are available January 2004. Irradiation irradiation /ir·ra·di·a·tion/ (i-ra?de-a´shun) 1. radiotherapy. 2. the dispersion of nervous impulse beyond the normal path of conduction. 3. , which is endorsed under the World Health Organization, exposes food to ionizing radiation i·on·i·zing radiation n. High-energy radiation capable of producing ionization in substances through which it passes. Ionizing radiation that kills insects, mold mold, name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom Fungi, characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium. and potentially deadly bacteria. It has been used on wheat flour since 1963 and is used to sterilize sterilize /ster·i·lize/ (ster´i-liz) 1. to render sterile; to free from microorganisms. 2. to render incapable of reproduction. ster·il·ize v. 1. many non-food products. |
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