IRRADIATION AS A MEANS OF PRESERVATION IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Food Irradiation is the process of exposing food to ionizing radiation to disinfect, sanitize, sterilize, preserve food or to provide insect disinfestation. (wikipedia.org) Food irradiation is sometimes referred to as cold pasteurization or electronic pasteurization to emphasize its similarity to the process of pasteurization. Like pasteurization of milk and pressure cooking of canned foods, treating food with ionizing radiation can kill bacteria ...
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