1. Distribution of irradiated foods in China
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Chen, Shi-Qiong, Jiang, Ke-Xin, Cao, Bao-Sen, Liu, Yan-Qin, Cai, Xue-Feng, Liu, Xiao-Li, Cao, Yue, Liu, Xiao-Yi, and Shi, Wei-Ni
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IRRADIATED foods , *FOOD supply , *FOOD industry , *SPICES , *VEGETABLES , *DRIED foods , *THERMOLUMINESCENCE - Abstract
Abstract: To determine whether the commercial foods were irradiated or not, an investigation was carried out in this study. One hundred and thirty-three commercial foods, including 33 spices, 20 dehydrated vegetables, 64 dehydrated fruits, and 16 pollens were tested by thermoluminescence (TL) method. The results showed 30 of them (22.6% of all tested samples) were proved to be irradiated. Our investigation provided a primary data for the regulation of irradiated food in China. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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