Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mordor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!mordor!wct From: wct@mordor.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: food irradiation Message-ID: <1521@mordor.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 11:43:10 EST Article-I.D.: mordor.1521 Posted: Fri Mar 2 11:43:10 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 23:18:00 EST Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL Lines: 48 For those of of interested in irradiation of food--the following is the catalog description of a book published by the Chemical Rubber Company on that subject. Perhaps your local university library might have a copy. I might have to find a copy just to see if the proper term is now radurization instead of irradiation (see the Vol. 3 description). Here's hoping the process can at least eliminate sodium nitrates, etc. in hot dogs! "Preservation of Food by Ionizing Radiation" Edited by Edward S. Josephson, Phd, MIT, & Martin Peterson, PhD, Science and Technology, Natick, Mass. A comprehensive, authoritave account of the underlying science and technology of this food preservation process. The ionizing radiation process is described in detail from the chemical, physical, and biological effects on food to the problems and limitations encountered, and the successful application to specific food groups. Vol. 1: Presents a concise description of the philosophy of radiation, protection for people working with irradiation processes, including problems associated with the design and operation of a large facility and solutions to problems encountered. Radiation dosimetry and radiolytic effects in foods are also presented. 400 pp, 1982, ISBN-0-8493-5323-8. Catalog No. 5323ME $99.50 Vol. 2: Effects of radiation on bacteria and viruses are discussed as well as the lethal effect on microorganisms and insects. Also presented are the effects of irradiated food on packaging materials. 360 pp., 1983, ISBN-0-8493-5324-6. Catalog No. 5324ME, $92.50 Vol. 3: The effects of radurization on meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, fruits, vegetables, and spices. Also included are the effects of irradiation for the use of shelf-life extension. 296 pp., 1983, ISBN-0-8493-5325-4. Catalog No. 5325ME, $90.00 Publisher: CRC Press, Inc. 2000 Corporate Blvd., N.W., Boca Raton, Florida 33431 (305) 994-0555 -- William C. Thompson III (S-1 Project, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) U.S. Mail: LLNL, S-1 Project, P.O. Box 5503, L-276, Livermore, Ca., 94550 Phone: (415) 422-0758 MILNET: wct@s1-c or s1-a UUCP: ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!wct