Irradiation Variations and Applications

Food irradiation can be broadly divided into two application areas. One is the use of this technology as a critical control point in the final step of a comprehensive HACCP plan (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) to control microbial pathogens for food safety. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) have allowed the use of irradiation for a variety of foods at defined doses and for different applications, according to…