1、Food Irradiation Today:Whats Allowed,Where,and Why Michael Ablan,CDC Taryn Horr,Food Science Consultant Katherine Marshall,CDC Christian Perversi,Omaha Steaks Suresh Pillai,Texas A&M UniversityModerator Larry Keener,IPSC May 13-Session 11Panelist The inadvertent,prohibited exposure of food or foodst
2、uffs to radioactive materials is adulteration or contamination (Chernobyl and Fukushima)The deliberate act of exposing food to a radiation source for a technical or functional effect such as pathogen reduction,disinfestation or sprout inhibitionFood Irradiation Today:Whats Allowed,Where,and WhyConta
3、minationIrradiationFood Irradiation Today:Whats Allowed,Where,and WhyIn 2025 several recalls were announced by FDA involving frozen shrimp that were contaminated due to exposure to the radioactive isotope Cesium 137.The contaminated shrimp reported radio activity at the level of 68 Bq/Kg.FDAs safety
4、 limit is 1200 Bq/Kg.Annually about half a million tons of food and food ingredients are irradiated and marketed globally,including ground beef,poultry,tropical fruit and spices Irradiated foods are not radioactive Irradiation has a long history of use by the global food industry and without reports
5、 of adverse public health effects.The food industry uses gamma rays,electron beams,and X-rays to treat food.FS&QAPublic Health ProtectionOrder of Discussion Ms.Taryn Horr-Overview of Food IrradiationDr.Suresh Pillai The Science of Food IrradiationMr.Christian Perversi Case StudyDr.Katherine Marshall
6、&Dr.Michael Ablan CDC perspective on Food IrradiationQ&ARambollOverview of Food Irradiation:What It Is,What Its Not&How its UsedTaryn Horr,M.S.,CFS,CCFSMay 13,2026VSRambollRambollRadiation&Food Irradiation Radiation=Energy that travels in waves or particles Ionizing Radiation has energy/power to rem