Skip to main content

Irradiation Food 😲

Food irradiation is a processing and conservation technique with results similar to freezing or pasteurization. During this procedure, the food is exposed to ionizing or radiation doses. At low doses, irradiation prolongs the life of the product. This process kills insects, molds, bacteria and other harmful microorganisms in high doses.

Food irradiation is a safe and effective processing method for the last five years. Food irradiation has been approved in 40 countries, including Australia, the US, Japan, China, France and Holland.

Currently, only bs herbs and spices, bal plants and some tropical fruits have been approved by the FSANZ Food Standards Australia (FSANZ) for irrigation in accordance with the FSANZ Food Standards Code of Australia and New Zealand. For each of these, FSANZ has confirmed that there are no safety issues and significant nutritional changes due to food irradiation. Consumers can make a conscious choice by clearly labeling irradiated foods.

Irradiated food and radioactivity

There is a common misconception that irradiated food is radioactive. Radiation used in food processing is very different from falling into a nuclear accident. In food processing, radioactive sources do not generate gamma, electrons, or X-rays, which are powerful enough to make food radioactive. There is no radioactive energy in the food after treatment

Food irradiation process

Food is exposed to ionizing radiation from gamma rays or high energy electron beams or strong X-rays. Gamma rays and X-rays are a form of radiation that shares some characteristics with the microwave, but has more energy and penetration.

A microwave oven in a microwave oven, but the food is not heated to a considerable extent. Food is not radioactive due to exposure to gamma rays. Electron beams and X-rays are manufactured using electricity, which can be turned on or off and does not require radioactive materials.

In both cases, organisms are responsible for spoilage of important foods, including toxins, molds, and bacteria. Food irradiation cannot kill viruses.


Food irradiation of benefits

  • extended shelf life of some products 
  • less food spoilage 
  • reduced risk of food-borne diseases caused by micro-organisms such as Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria (especially in meat, poultry and fish) 
  • less need for pesticides less need for some additives, such as preservatives and antioxidants 
  • lower risk of importing or exporting insect pests hidden inside food products 
  • reduced need for toxic chemical treatments, such as those used to kill bacteria found in some spices 
  • as an alternative to current treatment for disinfecting imported fruits, grains and vegetables, which uses an ozone-depleting gas 
  • reduced sprouting in potatoes, onions, herbs and spices.

Effects of Irradiation on Foods

Some foods, such as dairy and eggs, cannot be irradiated because it changes the taste or texture. You can irradiate fruits, vegetables, whole grains, spices and meats (such as chicken). Irradiation causes minimal changes in the chemical composition of the food, however, reducing the B level of vitamin B may reduce the nutrient content of some foods. This loss is similar to traditional and accepted methods such as canning or blanching when cooking or preserving food.

Please Leave a COMMENT below if you interested.
Thank you For Reading
~Be a Nature Lover~
to be updated....
***





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fuel Cell and How It Works?

Fuel Cell  vehicle(when considered only the vehicle) has become the most greenest vehicle in the world today due to none pollution and the none exhausting gases like Carbon base, it exhausts only pure water. Among the fuel cell Cars the Hydrogen related car are the most popular once by today. Fuel cell is a Cell that is producing electric current because of the chemical reaction. That is a simple definition. But fuel cell has a more complex process to produce electricity.On the other way, this fuel is converting the chemical energy of the fuel in to electrical energy.Therefore we call these a electrochemical cells. This process can be done as long as the oxygen is supplied. Now we can do a discuss with this Picture 01 given below. Fuel cell is a continuous battery. As I told you the energy is generated as long as the fuel and oxygen is supplied, in the most of cases the Hydrogen will be used as the fuel.The chemical reaction which is done in this is between the Hydro...
Post a Comment
Read more

Solar Wind

Solar Wind is an energized stream which includes of charged particles , such as Electrons and Protons. Those particles are the most consisted in solar wind. But it includes alpha as well. When we are go into this topic " Solar Wind" , we have a doubt how its generated? Solar wind is Massive injection of those particles mentioned above. The main reason for the solar wind is the reaction which are occurred in the Sun's Core. Because of this reactions , charged particles are generated and they starting to move here and there with high(extreme) velocities. Due to this, those charged particles are reached to the outer boundary of the sun and then they are become free charged particles which have no more bound by the Sun's Gravity. Then they Escaped from the Sun's gravity and move like a stream What we call Solar Wind.And also travel as far as distance. Lets go and check more further what is solar wind......?? Sun extremely contains a gaseous body and a...
3 comments
Read more

Wind energy better than Solar energy ?

Wind energy producing process Wind turbines can be classified into two types according to the axis, one type is called Horizontal axis wind turbines and other is Vertical axis wind turbine. Horizontal  type is the major type that comes to our mind when we imagine a wind turbine. It has an horizontal axis which is parallel to the ground, and it is connected with blades ( mostly three blades). When the wind blowing towards the blades the blades are moving and the all blades are join together by the rotor and the Rotor coupled with the shaft and there are two shafts one is low speed shaft and other is hight speed shaft these shafts are connected or coupled by gears. Eventually these high speed shaft coupled with the generator which generates Electricity. This type is the most commercialized wind turbine due to high efficiency. The other type is known as vertical axis, and it is less complex and also cheap as same as lower efficiency, therefore it is not much commercializ...
Post a Comment
Read more