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["Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>]

Right, irradiated foods do not store radiation. But one of the effects are
destruction of beneficial enzymes. That's why irradiated fresh foods keep
longer. I have also been told that it is illegal to label foods as
irradiated because "it will only confuse the public."

Comments?

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "loneroc" <loneroc@mwt.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: "Michael Gordon" <casade.gordo@virgin.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:12 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Labels


> Almost all dried spices are irradiated and have been so for many years.
> There is no requirement that these be labeled.  I think that besides
> eliminating mold and bacterial contamination, it allows the plant material
> to avoid APHIS inspections and other related issues.  Doesn't bother me.
> I've been irradiated during visits to the dentist and doctors' offices for
> years.
>
> I would not purchase irradiated foods in general, though.  Not because I'm
> 'afeared' of the radiation, but rather that such foods are inevitably
> produced by industrial/non-sustainable agricultural practices.  I do not
> purchase organic food because I'm afraid of 'chemicals', but because,
living
> in the country, I see how industrial agriculture has destroyed the fabric
of
> rural life by eliminating small farms.  Organic agriculture generally
> requires its adherents to use a lot of human (often family) labor, rather
> than relying on machinery and fossil fuel.  I believe that US agriculture
> (you .know by the commercials: the most "efficient system of agriculture
in
> the world") now uses about 80 calories of energy for every calorie of food
> produced.  We might as well drink the oil and huff the natural gas!  I
> believe that "inefficient" third world agriculture nearly reverses these
> numbers.
>
> The US now has more prison inmates than farmers.  Rather than being a
> Jeffersonian country of yeoman farmers, we now have a third world pattern
of
> agricultural land ownership:  a few wealthy industrial "family" and public
> corporations now pay local serfs and migrant workers minimum wage, while
the
> folks at the top get bigger and richer---just like the rest of the US
> economy.  Please continue to vote for politicians who pay lip service to
> God, prevention of gay marriage, and other issues of "morality" about
which
> they care not a whit, while they and their, corporate/wealthy buddies
> continue to siphon off most of the cream that the US produces.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Steve Herje, Lone Rock, WI   USDA zone 3
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Labels
>
>
> > I've heard that tomatoes are irradiated to prolong shelf life. So is
meat.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <list@ginda.us>
> > To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>; "Bill
> > Russell" <shaman@pennswoods.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Labels
> >
> >
> > > I don't think any "fresh produce" can be irradiated - that would kill
> > > the cells, and it wouldn't keep.
> > >
> > > On Dec 18, 2003, at 2:58 AM, Bill Russell wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there a code # for nuclear irradiated food?
> > > >
> > > > Bill
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "road's end farm" <organic101@linkny.com>
> > > > To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 4:19 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fruit Labels
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 01:17 PM, Doreen Howard wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> This is from the Chef's Collaborative newsletter, and it's handy
> > > >>> information
> > > >>> for growers, consumers and garden writers.
> > > >>> Doreen Howard
> > > >>>
> > > >>> A SECRET ECO-LABEL
> > > >>> If you find yourself with a sudden fruit craving with nary a
> > > >>> farmstand
> > > >>> in
> > > >>> sight, duck into a supermarket and check out those annoying
plastic
> > > >>> stickers
> > > >>> on the fruit. Conventional produce has a four-digit code starting
> > > >>> with
> > > >>> the
> > > >>> number 4; organic produce has a five-digit code starting with the
> > > >>> number 9.
> > > >>> Genetically modified produce also has a five-digit code, which
> starts
> > > >>> with
> > > >>> the number 8. Right now, papayas are the only genetically modified
> > > >>> food
> > > >>> available in the produce section. Be aware that PLU (price lookup)
> > > >>> stickers
> > > >>> are not mandatory and are not used in all stores.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >> Are growers and wholesalers currently required to identify GMO
> > > >> produce?
> > > >> I didn't think they were; in which case, GMO's might easily be
going
> > > >> under a conventional label.
> > > >>
> > > >> There are GMO summer squash on the market, and there may be GMO
> > > >> contamination in corn varieties that are not supposed to be GMO. I
> > > >> think
> > > >> the previous rounds of GMO potatoes and tomatoes were duds and are
> not
> > > >> currently being grown, but am not sure.
> > > >>
> > > >> -- Rivka
> > > >>
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