STOP FOOD IRRADIATION PROJECT
ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION
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UN Food Commission Lifts Irradiation Limits
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U.S. Accepts First Irradiated Fruit Imports
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World Health Organization site:

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The Commission also adopted a new standard for irradiated foods that accepts higher levels of radiation on food products.
Food is irradiated to make it safe for longer periods of time. The process, which uses gamma ray irradiation, kills bacteria, increasing the food products’ shelf life. The Commission determined that allowing higher levels of irradiation would
eliminate bacterial spores and the radiation resistant pathogenic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. The process also reduces the need to use more toxic chemical methods of combating bacteria, some of which can be harmful to the environment.

“This is a really important breakthrough,” Randell said. “For the consumer it means a potential for higher levels of food safety because of the protection offered by food irradiation. For example, it can be applied to spices which can carry bacteria resistant to other treatments. Irradiated foods are proven safe and do not contain any radioactive traces.”
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Codex Alimentarius and th eInternational Politics of Food Irradiation

Where Does ICGFI Fit In? The final player in the politics of internationalacceptance of food irradiation is the InternationalConsultative Group on Food Irradiation. ICGFI meets in secret, led by undemocratically chosen leaderswith close ties to the private food irradiation industry.ICGFI, which has 45 member nations, helps set foodsafety standards for the WTO, which has more than130 member nations. This represents the interests ofthe few dominating the needs of many.In one example, ICGFI decided in a privatemeeting in Geneva that any food could be safelyirradiated at any dose without a quorum; only 22 of45
member nations were represented at the meeting.That decision is now in the hands of Codex to implement.
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RECOMMENDED INTERNATIONAL CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE OPERATION OF
IRRADIATION FACILITIES USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF FOODS
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Do You Know What Pasteurization and Irradiation Really Mean?
[www.organicconsumers.org]
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Opinion: Food Irradiation Threatens Public Health, National Security
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Speak of the devil-- a move is afoot at FDA to weaken the labeling on irradiated food. Here is an action campaign from the Center for Food Safety to push back against calling irradiated food 'pasteurized.'

Tell FDA Not to Weaken Labeling for Irradiated Foods!

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