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~ CAST <br /> COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY <br /> ~ ISSUE PAPER <br /> NUb18GR 7 APRIL 1996 <br /> RADIATION PASTEURIZATION OF FOOD <br /> AuT'uous: Uo~ u.u 11'. 'lluera< (Cucludr). U. S. Dr- <br /> parnnenr n/~a~riculnu'e.:IHS. LRRC. Phifudelplrin. <br /> <br /> ' Perun'.rh•artiu: Gon'eun S. .Iusr:rusoN (Cuclrnirl. <br /> SUDI~IARI cal Association, the Amcri- <br /> Fuud Srirmr uncl Nun'n«m Rr.cenreh Center. Uni- <br /> <br /> ' Radiation pastcuriza- can Dietetic Assocmtion, the <br /> [ion of fonds with low doses ,'rrcin~ n/ Rhndr /~lnrrd. tl'rrt Kirrtistnn: r\ut Instihltc of fond Trchnuln- <br /> of gamma taus. X-rays. and liur~~.tot I~Aarv, It'oclunrl. 11~rsnrhrc,ru.r: Ct~:uuer. gists, and the hcahh authors- <br /> <br /> ' electrons will ellecticelycon- ties of approximately d0 <br /> G. GIDDI\GS (Dcrerr.redl. Guerrrnlinnnl A(nmic En- <br /> trolfoodborne pathogens on coun[ries. <br /> beef. pork. Iamb. and lish. A+ rrgc A,genr~r. Pirnnu. aacn~iu: Rt:vuce'EUS: Jta.trs <br /> ' used hart rurliulh,n pn.rteur- Vii. Coin, bLD.. Jrnkimm~. Prnn.,.vAYwiu: S~sFrntu INTRODUCTION <br /> icutinu mean. the destruction Although large) re- <br /> A. i\In.l I(u. Gr~rdurur G li,,,d r~/-liinnrrd«vd .Crirrrrr~, Y f <br /> nl p?thu~~cwc uuu-.pure centabla luudbnrne illness <br /> I Unirrr.vn~ n/-'(r,~n lh ~rAh .ti, irnrr (-truer of Jour <br /> lunwu_ Inudbunre hacterla remains a serious problem in <br /> and parasmc urpamants. such flmm~in: Dlowus I?. 1'on lat. Ul';ll. Centers for Dis- the United Srues. A report by <br /> as trichina. Radi:uion p:utaur- geese Control and Pa•rrn ur m. ~I dnntn. Genrgin: the Council for Agricultural <br /> I iz:uion thercfure e;m protect Science and Technology has <br /> 'C+Nr,t Runr:urs. N.S. Ur/~arnnrnt of rlgrrcullurc. <br /> the public Iruin diseases such esumated that foodbnrne dis- <br /> ;u s:d moncllmis, hanturrhae- Ernnuurir Ke~,em rh .Smarr: \1'.,err:u Uuusl.~. Sun uses caused by pathogenic <br /> <br /> I is diarrhea caused by fsehcr- Circ. Aritrnra hacteria such as Cuugnlo- <br /> iehiu rnli OI57:H7. ;uW gas- butter. E.ccherirhin cols <br /> trocn[critis tiom ltihrio rublifirres. Irradiation c;m extent) 0152 F17, Li.crerrn uunuu.c«+,tenes. Suln«urrllu, and Sur <br /> <br /> I the shelf lire+ of li~uiu and ccgeuthles, and :uthrupud pLr(urnerus outgo.,' miry cause as many as 9.000 deaths <br /> pests, a~_., insects :md mites, can be sterilised or killed each }'car and G.5 to 11 million cases of diarrhea) dis- <br /> in amore em~innvncnlally friendly manner than is pn+- ;ase in the United States. The annual crnnomic locces <br /> <br /> I Bible with ozone depleting, highly toxic fumig:uus. :ISSUCiated with fuudborne dlscase may be as large as 55 <br /> Moreover. lung-term animal feeding studies have dem- hillion to S6 billion. Recent outbreaks of disease caused <br /> <br /> I onstra[ed that radiation pasteurized or sterilized fontL+ by the ingestion of E. co(i 0157:H7 in hambureer, par- <br /> uresafe and nutritious for humans. The process has been licularly in the north\cestern United States „here there <br /> endorsed b}' by the U.S. Food and Drug Administr:uion ~+erc more than 700 cases and four deaths from a single <br /> <br /> ' (FUA). the U.S. Uepartntent of AgriculLLlre(USDA1. the outbreak, have alarmed the public. Unfortunately, this <br /> U.S. Army. the world Heulth Organization 1 \\'fl0 the organism may cause 8,(100 to ?0,000 cases of disease <br /> Codex Alimem:vius Commission, the Antcrican Medi- annually in the United States. <br /> I <br /> <br />