Fact About Food Irradiation

The safety and benefits of foods processed by ionizing radiation are well documented. In an effort to provide governments with scientifically accurate information on issues of general interest to the public, the International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation (ICGFI), which was established under the aegis of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), decided at its 7th Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy, in October 1990, to issue a series of “Fact Sheets” on the subject. The Fact Sheets were first issued by the ICGFI Secretariat (Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria) in May 1991