date:Aug 27, 2012
on capacity of ionising radiations. This can reduce the overall efficacy of the treatment and the minimal dose received must be considered for implementation of food irradiation in practice.
Reasons
The main reason for the use of food irradiation is the ability of ionising radiation to inactivate, to varying extents, populations of microorganisms, including pathogenic bacteria, parasites and viruses.
Inactivation of microorganisms is due to damage to critical elements of the cell, often the ge