Irradiation
The use of this technology with claims that FI
has a role to:
• rid food of microbial contamination;
• rid food of pest infestation;
• prohibit sprouting and/or germination of food
or those weed seeds inadvertently present in
food; and prolong shelf life (and therefore
claimed to alleviate world hunger)
• reduction of the presence of residues in food of
chemicals that would otherwise be used to kill
microbial contaminants and pests