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This page contains links to other Food Irradiation resources
Categories on this page:
News,
Opponents, and
Other.
- News
- Clash looming on irradation of fruit (PDF)
Recent article from the New Zealand Herald on irradiation. - Opponents
- Action for Environment Submission (PDF)
Action for Environment believes irradiation of fruit will not be in the interests of New Zealand or New Zealand consumers:
They believe
the irradiation process will deleteriously affect the appearance of the fruits and will also result in a serious depletion of the vitamin content of the fruits.
As the
irradiation process does not kill fruit flies but rather is designed to sterilise them, it is extremely likely that shipments of fruit would arrive containing live fruit fly larvae
or eggs. Studies have shown low levels of residual fertility in at least one species of Fruit Fly after irradiation. They believe there is a real possibility some of these
surviving larvae may not have been sterilised. Given the potentially disastrous consequences to New Zealand's horticultural industry they do not believe the minor possible
benefits to New Zealand consumers justify the risk of allowing the importation of fruits treated by this process.
- Food Commission, The (New 11 Jan)
"The UK's leading independent watchdog on food issues. They have been campaigning for safer, healthier food for over 10 years." - Friends of the Earth E-Mail Submission (PDF)
- Friends of the Earth Submission (PDF)
- Many in the Scientific Community are Opposed to Food Irradiation
Quotes from scientists. - Mike Ennis' Submission.pdf (PDF)
- Organic Consumers Association (America) E-Mail Submission (PDF)
- Organic Consumers Association (America) Stop Food Irradiation Project
Lots of information and news. - Organic Consumers Association (America) Submission (PDF)
The OCA is a nonprofit, grassroots national organization that promotes food safety, organic farming, and sustainable agricultural practices in the
U.S. and internationally.
This submission is: 1) to explain the situation with U.S. irradiation in more detail than the petitioner probably has, including expected
future problematic developments for the U.S. and Australia/New Zealand, 2) to describe some unintended consequences of approval, and 3) to describe the difficulties with adequate
labeling for consumer notification. - Press Release and New Report from Public Citizen (PDF)
American groups urge FDA to halt Irradiated Food approvals until new chemicals are tested for safety. - Problems with Irradiated Food, The
News bites from the research. - Public Citizen's (America) First Submission (PDF)
First submission from last October. - Public Citizen's (America) Submission (PDF)
- VegFed Submission (PDF)
Submission made on behalf of New Zealand Fruitgrowers Federation, New Zealand Vegetable & Potato Growers Federation, and New Zealand Berryfruit
Growers Federation, which represent the interests of New Zealand's 7,000 commercial fruit and vegetable producers. - Other
- FresherUnderPressure.com
Flow's Fresher under Pressure technology allows the production of the highest quality foods by preserving taste, color, and nutrition by avoiding the
use of high temperature and chemical additives.
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