The Nation - News from Jan. 15, 1986
The Agriculture Department said it has approved the use of low-dose irradiation to sexually sterilize microscopic worms in fresh pork that otherwise could reproduce and cause trichinosis among consumers. Officials said the USDA rule permitting irradiation will go into effect today but no company has yet been approved to use the process, which does not make food radioactive.
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