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FDA Food Irradiation Decision Questioned

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This Spring and Summer has been the season of food illness outbreaks with the Salmonella outbreak across North America, several small E. Coli outbreaks and a current listeriosis outbreak in Canada. The decision by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States to allow the irradiation of lettuce and spinach is a decision that many in the industry feel is almost too little too late. The FDA is insisting that it will mean that dangerous bacteria that may be present on the surface of foods such as lettuce and spinach will be killed by the irradiation without doing any harm to the food itself.

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