date:Aug 27, 2012
n the irradiated food. Even if the ionising radiation used is different, the different ionising radiations have the same effects on microorganisms, although some studies found e-beams slightly more efficient than gamma rays for the inactivation of bacteria in meat. For consideration of penetrability of ionising radiation, water serves as a sufficiently good model for what occurs with high moisture foods.
The irradiation dose received by food is not homogeneous because of the limits in penetrati