Food Irradiation
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Basics
- Food irradiation is the process of exposing food and food packaging to Ionizing Radiation to extend the Shelf Life of irradiated foods by effectively destroying organisms responsible for spoilage and foodborne illness and inhibiting sprouting.
- The more "old school" approach was a chunk of cobalt
- Electon Beams or X-Ray Tubes can be "turned off" and supposedly can be used as well
- The latter of which is quite easy to make or source