Hi Liz and all,
I asked about this a while ago and still have the same request: what is
wrong with irradiated foods? I would like to hear some good science on this.
I do not believe that irradiated meat is the way to solve our current
administration's desire to gut the inspection program, which they have done
nicely.
Tom Barber
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:10 AM
Subject: irradiated meat
> To cook or not to cook may no longer be left up to us! Read the following
> article.
>
> Irradiated Beef: It's What's For Dinner
> By Judith Gorman, AlterNet
> November 15, 2002
> Busy working moms like me are always on the lookout for innovative menu
ideas
> for the family, and that's why I'm so excited about a new item that's
showing
> up on grocer's shelves.
> It's irradiated beef, a technological breakthrough that enables health
> conscious families like yours and mine to be protected from the dangers of
> E.coli, salmonella and listeria. Even if cattle holding lots are not
exactly
> hygienic, and once in a while beef is improperly processed or past its
> expiration date or you eat your burgers blood rare, you will still be safe
> from food poisoning. Because once your beef is irradiated, no living
organism
> can survive.
> Just imagine the fun you'll have preparing irradiated hamburgers,
irradiated
> chili, spaghetti and irradiated meatballs, and that all-time family
favorite,
> irradiated kebabs barbecued on the backyard grill.
> In fact, it tastes so much like the old familiar burger that you won't
even
> know you're eating irradiated beef unless you read the fine print. Last
> winter, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin inserted last minute provisions into the
> Senate farm bill, allowing irradiated beef to be labeled as "pasteurized,"
> instead of the Food and Drug Administration's suggested "Treated By
> Irradiation" label.
> For the rest of the article go to:
>
> http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14549
>
> Namaste, Liz
> <A HREF="http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html">
> http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html</A>
>
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