print email comment close Food Irradiation: What is It? URL: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/irradiation/ Description: Fact sheet about the "radiation of interest in food preservation [which] is ionizing radiation, also known as irradiation." Discussion topics include irradiation compared to pasteurization, regulation, the food irradiation process, approved uses and applications, and nutritional quality. From the Food Safety Project, Iowa State University Extension. Publisher: Food Safety Project, Iowa State University Extension LII Database Information: Record 26748 created by Jennifer English on 08/22/2008 Last modification on 08/27/2008 Published: 08/27/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26748