Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 ____________ FDA CONSIDERS MISLABELING IRRADIATED FOOD The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it may allow irradiated food to be mislabeled with alternate terms such as 'pasteurized.' This move by FDA would deny consumers clear information about whether they are buying food that has been exposed to high doses of ionizing radiation. Consumers have been reluctant to buy irradiated food, and rightly so. Irradiation damages many foods and can ruin their flavor, odor, and texture. The process destroys vitamins, protein, essential fatty acids and other nutrients - up to 80 percent of vitamin A in eggs and half the beta carotene in orange juice, the FDA has noted. http://healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=9049 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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