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Food irradiation is a safe and modern technology used worldwide to preserve food and improve safety. It uses controlled energy from gamma rays, electron beams, or X-rays to destroy harmful bacteria, pests, and insects — without affecting the quality, taste, or nutrition of the food
Sources and Types of Rays
Food irradiation is done using safe and approved energy sources:
Cobalt-60 → Gamma rays (1.17 & 1.33 MeV)
Cesium-137 → Gamma rays (0.66 MeV)
Electron Beam → High-energy electrons (up to 10 MeV)
X-Rays → X-rays (up to 5 MeV)