Published 1984
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Book
Food preservation
Creators
- 1. Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, Karlsruhe (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Verfahrenstechnik
Description
The use of irradiation in food preservation is reviewed. After an introduction of the general effects of irradiation on food, examples of low, medium and high radiation dose applications of food irradiation are given. The legislation of food irradiation is discussed including wholesomeness aspects of approvals given to countries for various foods. The technical problems of irradiation, the economy of the process and consumer acceptance as aspects of a possible commercialization are also considered. (U.K.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Academic Press.
- Imprint Place
- London (UK)
- ISBN
- 0-12-436602-3
- Imprint Title
- Isotopes and radiation in agricultural sciences
- Imprint Pagination
- 377 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 271-301.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 16021006
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; FOOD; GAMMA RADIATION; IRRADIATION DEVICES; LEGISLATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADAPPERTIZATION; RADICIDATION; RADURIZATION; REVIEWS; USES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FOOD PROCESSING; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PASTEURIZATION; PRESERVATION; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; STERILIZATION; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Imprint:Price Pound49.00.