Virginia Cooperative ExtensionPfuntner, RachelErwin, CeceliaStrawn, Laura K.2017-03-082017-03-082016-09-21http://hdl.handle.net/10919/75578Provides basic information about food irradiation including the use of gamma rays for treating bulk items, electron accelerators to kill microbes, and also x-rays.4 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Food PreservationExtension publicationhttp://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/FST/FST-241/FST-241-PDF.pdffood irradiation