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Horizon: Food Irradiation: Would You Buy It?

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For most people the simple answer would be 'no'.
Opposition is vocal and effective. There is little support from trade or industry, yet in its Food Safety Bill, the Government proposes to permit this contentious treatment. What is irradiation? What does it do to food? Will it protect us from food poisoning or merely introduce new and as yet unknown dangers? Does it destroy essential nutrients, and if so, how does this compare with other things we do to food? Can the process be detected or adequately controlled? How much do we really know about its safety?
Written and produced by ALEC NISBETT
Horizon editor ROBIN BRIGHTWELL
TRANSCRIPT: send a cheque for £1.75, payable to BSS, to: 'Horizon' [address removed].
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Alec Nisbett
Editor:
Robin Brightwell
Source: Radio Times

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