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Food irradiation.
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References used for this fact sheet
- Food irradiation (2003) [online], Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). More information here.
- Standard 1.5.3 - Irradiation of Food [online], FSANZ Food Standards Code, Food Standards Australia New Zealand. More information here.
- Henkel, J. (1998), Irradiation - a safe measure for safer food [online], US Food and Drug Administration. More information here.
- Food irradiation information [online], Pure-food.com. More information here.
- Craft, N. (2000), ‘Food Irradiation is safe, say WHO’, in British Medical Journal, 29 October 1994, vol. 309, p. 1110.
- ‘Position of the American Dietetics Association: Food Irradiation’ (2000), in Journal of the American Dietetics Association, vol. 100, pp. 246-253.
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Last updated: March 2008
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