Branded “Atomik” and certified free of excess radioactivity, the artisanal spirit is part of a plan to help revive agriculture and aid residents around the nuclear disaster site. By Palko Karasz After ...

Radiation is a bad thing that we don’t want to be exposed to, or so the conventional wisdom goes. We’re most familiar with it in the context of industrial risks and the stories of nuclear disasters ...

With increasing acceptance and application of food irradiation, there is an increasing need to disseminate information about irradiated food to the consumers in an objective and clear manner. All ...

An evaluation of food irradiation rules in Europe has found legislation is unlikely to have much impact on use because of a decline driven by industry and consumer fears, despite scientific evidence ...

The government proposed Tuesday relaxing its rules on labeling of irradiated foods and suggested it may allow some products zapped with radiation to be called “pasteurized.” Subscribe to read this ...

This article is the twelfth in a continuing series excerpted from the book Smoke or Steam? A Guide to Environmental, Regulatory, and Food Safety Concerns, by Samuel Aldrich, adapted and serialized by ...

Frogs legs made up two thirds of the products irradiated in Europe in 2018 and 2019, but use of the food safety technique continued to fall, according to a report. The three main commodities are ...

WASHINGTON — The Grocery Manufacturers Association has published "Food Irradiation: A Guide for Consumers, Policy Makers and the Media," to better inform all stakeholders about the process. The ...

Food producers who irradiate their products can request federal approval to avoid the word ‘irradiation’ on packaging. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidelines describing the ...

After some years of relative calm, the controversial issue of irradiation is moving back on to the agenda of the world food industry. Alan Osborn explains why, and predicts the outcome of debate ...

How do the potatoes in that sack keep from sprouting on their long trip from the field to the produce section? Why don’t the apples spoil? To an extent, the answer lies in varying amounts of ...

Con la marca Atomik y una certificación de libre de radiactividad, el licor artesanal forma parte de un plan para resucitar la agricultura de la región y ayudar a los residentes que viven cerca del ...