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  • From: "Dave Bennett" <dbennett AT micoks.net>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: NPR/food irradiation
  • Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 6:18:00 -0500


I agree 100% about being made aware so we have a choice. I don't like
"slipstreamed" products.

maroc AT islandnet.com (Maroc) wrote:
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>Dave, for many of us it is not the "fact" that radiation treatment for
>meats will cause the product (mostly ground meat and chicken) to itself to
>become irradiated. At a very low level that may or may not be the case
>with gamma radiation. What is certainly true is that at the cellular, and
>perhaps molecular, level the radiation, either by radio activity or
>electron beam, causes physical changes. It may or may not be dangerous but
>it will change flavours and textures. Some of us will notice that, some
>will not. As long as the processors put a label on it we can each make our
>own choice whether or not to consume the meat. That is, at least, a step
>better than the genetically modified foods which are slipped into the food
>chain unmarked and unheralded.
>
>Don Maroc
>Vancouver Island, Canada
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Dave




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