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IRRADIATIONPresented by:
Maggie CapronTiffany Craig
Dawn Dailidenas
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SPINACH
What does irradiation of food look like? VIDEO
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Fact of Fiction?
True or False:
The spinach you just ate was treated
irradiation for your safety.
FALSE
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Definition
Irradiation= the application of ionizing radiation to food to redu
eliminate microorganisms and insects from foods to improve saf
extend the shelf life of food.
According to Norton(3) irradiation of food has been studied mo
other food process.
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IR FAQ
3 types of irradiation (17).o 1 Gray (Gy) = 1J of energy absorbed by 1 kg of substanceo low (1 kGy) - kills insects/larvae and parasites, slows ripening, inhibits grow
potatoes, wheat, flour, fruits, vegetables
o med (1-10 kGy) - reduces/eliminates pathogenic and non-pathogenic micro
parasites
fresh/frozen fish, raw/frozen poultry and meat, strawberries, grape, de
vegetables
o high (10-50 kGy) - sterilization/bacteria free food, eliminates some diseaseviruses, decontaminants some food additives/ingredients
meat, poultry, and seafood for hospital diets, spices, enzyme prepara
gum
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Fact or Fiction?
True or False:
After being treated with irradiation
food retains some radioactive proper
FALSE
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Yes! Irradiate my Food!
Benefits of Food Irradiation:
Increase public safety when it comes to the food supply (9)
o CDC estimates that 3,000 people die each year from foodborne illness
o In the past five years:
E. coli: 15 outbreaks, 3 were in ready-to-eat-salad products
Salmonella: 28 outbreaks - 4 were in 2014
Cyclospora: 2 outbreaks in past 2 years
Safeguards foods from overseas that do not have same safety standards as the
Beneficial for removal of antinutritional factors and inhibition of food allergies (17
Food irradiation will not completely remove foodborne illnesses from our food su
another measure that we can take to ensure the safety of our food
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Benefits
Food preservationo Could prove to be cost saving with less food waste
o Kills microbes and bacteria which allows for an extended shelf life
Ripening process is halted: fruit can be picked when it is fully ripe
o Tastes better - no more green fruit!
Kills harmful bacteria but does not alter the way food tasteso Sometimes referred to as cold-pasteurization
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Blueberry Study
A study in China investigated the impact of electron beam on Econtaminated blueberries (5).
Results:
o Showed electron beam radiation (3kGy) successfully killed
strain of E. coli - E. coli K12
o Did not impact appearance
o
Improved shelf life of blueberrieso Did not impact antioxidant level of blueberries
o Biggest impact on antioxidant level of blueberries was time
temperature
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Fact or Fiction?
True or False:
Irradiation destroys ALL bacteria.
FALSE
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Veto! No Irradiation Please!
Potential Outcomes of Irradiation of Food:
Food Itself
o Changes in nutrient value
o Changes in texture
o Lipid peroxidation
o Radiolytic chemicals
Food Safetyo Not a replacement for proper handling
o Virus and bacteria
Environmental Impact
Higher Cost
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Quality Concerns
Decrease in micronutrients (5,6,7)
The level of vitamins lost is comparable to losses from cooking
processing.
Taste and Texture
Change in taste and texture of dairy, peaches, nectarines, grap
Rancidity in high fat foods, such as peanut butter (4)
Concern: Could losing vitamins from irradiation and then again with
processing lead to deficiency?
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Vitamin DepletionVitamin content comparison 2.2 pounds (1 kg) of cooked chicken (7)
Vitamin Non-irradiated Sample Irradiated Sample Change
Vitamin A (IU) 2200 2450 +250
Vitamin E (mg) 3.3 2.15 -1.15
Thiamin (mg) 0.58 0.42 -0.16
Riboflavin (mg) 2.10 2.25 +0.15
Niacin (mg) 58.0 55.5 -2.5
Vitamin B6(mg) 1.22 1.35 +0.13
Vitamin B12 (mg) 21 28 +7
Pantothenic Acid (mg) 13 17 +4
Folacin (mg) 0.23 0.18 -0.05
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Continued Risk
Food Irradiation only kills 99.9% of dangerous bacteria.
Processing can be overwhelmed by too much bacteria, or nullif
improper food handling
Outbreaks may not be fully prevented
Botulism, Hepatitis A, and Norovirus are not impacted by I
Concern: Even with food irradiation the food supply is not complete
and misconceptions may lead to poorer food hygiene at farms and
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CostMonetary
8 billion lbs of hamburger eaten a year
o 1-2% irradiated (10,11)
100% irradiation requires building more 3-5 million dollar plants (11,12)
o Additional 3-10 cents per pound (10)
Environmental
Increased number of irradiation plants = increased transport of radioactive mater
Increased irradiation means increased distances food must travel.
Concern: Food irradiation increases food price which is an important consideration in
14.5% of families experienced food insecurity in 2012. (13)
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Fact or Fiction?
True or False:
Irradiation can make spoiled food edible
FALSE
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Present
Foods approved by FDA
Not prevalent in the food supply today
o Major exception is for spices in foods and spice mixtures
Primary users are Astronauts and Military
Some countries consider IR food superior to non-irradiated foo
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Meta-Analysis
Evaluated:
Food safety enhancement
Shelf-life extension
Insect disinfestations
Other applications (environmental, reduction of undesirable/tox
substances - like phytic acid, carcinogenic agents, trypsin inhib
on fermented and dehydrated foods)
Analysts concluded that food irradiation is a safe and less invasive
for meeting food safety standards. Added benefit of IR is extending
and no chemical residue on food and does not drastically change ta
nutritional content of food.
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Labeling
Current labeling standards require all irradiated foods to show
symbol and include the words treated with irradiation
The exception to this rule is that foods with multiple ingredients
spices, do not require this labeling
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Conclusion
Pro:
Irradiation is a safe and efficacious method that can optimize food
mass scale. Evidence collected after almost a century concludes
irradiation is a safe, beneficial and practical process(3).It is a way t
shelf life of many products that might otherwise be wasted. With
nutrient loss it is comparable to other food preservation method
currently in practice.
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Conclusion
Con:
Enforcing our current system would be a cheaper, safer, and more sustainable way to
out of our food supply.
Food irradiation is an unnecessary sanitation method that encourages poor food hand
the cost of food for consumers, depletes nutrients, and comprises food quality, all w
environment at risk . The money spent on food irradiation would be better spent on ensafety laws already in place.
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Conclusion
What would you vote for?
We believe the process of irradiation is safe. How
diet of fully irradiated foods could possibly have n
impacts that have not yet been shown in research
nutrient depletion.
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