"Scientists, regulators and lawmakers, working to determine how best to combat food-borne illness, are encouraging the use of technologies that can enhance the safety of the nation's food supply."

This is the introduction to a new consumer education brochure on food irradiation published by the Food and Drug Administration, with the assistance of GMA and other food industry organizations. The complete text of the brochure is available at http://www.fda.gov/opacom/catalog/irradbro.html; a PDF version is available at http://www.fda.gov/opacom/catalog/irradbro.pdf.

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Other External Websites

• Food and Drug Administration
  
• USDA Irradiation Backgrounder, December 1999
  
• USDA Press Release, Food Irradiation Approval