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Wholesomeness of irradiated food
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Book : Wholesomeness of irradiated food Language : English Library : Social Phsician Publish Place : Geneva ISBN : 92 4 120604 7 Publish Date : 00 1977 Publisher : World Health Organization WHO Book Type : Report Book Number : 3616 |
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INDEX
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. General considerations 2.1 Principles
2.2 Irradiation as a food-treatment process . . . .
2.3 Extrapolation of data from one food to another
3. Technical aspects.............
3.1 Dosimetry..............
3.2 Processing conditions for irradiation .
3.3 Methods of identifying irradiated foods .
3.4 Packaging of irradiated food......
3.5 Repeated irradiation.........
3.6 Quality of food to be irradiated . . . .
3.7 Technological aspects of irradiated food .
4. Radiation chemistry........................
5. Nutritional aspects.........................
6. Microbiological aspects.......................
6.1 Storage temperature.....................
6.2 Viruses...........................
6.3 Packaging..........................
6.4 Enhanced pathogenicity....................
6.5 Enhanced radiation resistance.................
7. Toxicological aspects........................
7.1 Diets used in toxicological testing................
7.2 Toxicological studies.....................
7.3 Relevance of test materials to food as consumed by man......
7.4 Observations in man and extrapolation from animal studies to man
8. Method of evaluation.......................
8.1 Categories of acceptance....................
8.2 Further work recommended..................
8.3 Irradiated foods for which acceptance has not been granted
9. Re-evaluation of irradiated wheat, potato, and onion.........
9.1 Irradiated wheat (Triticum species) and ground wheat products . .
9.2 Irradiated potato (Solanum tuberosurn).............
9.3 Irradiated onion (Allium cepa).................10. New evaluations..........................
10.1 Irradiated chicken(Gallus domesticus) ..............
10.2 Irradiated fresh cod (Gadus morhua) and redflsh (Sebastes marinus) intended for evisceration....................
10.3 Irradiated mushroom (Agaricus campestris var. bisporus)......
10.4 Irradiated papaya (Carica papaya)...............
10.5 Irradiated rice (Oryza species).................
10.6 Irradiated strawberry (Fragaria species).............
11. Future research...........................
12. Recommendations.........................
References..............................
Annex 1. Terms used in radiation microbiology..............
Annex 2. Unlikelihood of mutagenic effects of radiation on viruses.....
