P.M. BRIEFING : FDA OKs Poultry Irradiation
The Food and Drug Administration today approved treating chicken and other poultry with radiation to control microbes that can cause food poisoning.
FDA officials emphasized that the irradiation process does not pose a health threat to consumers because it does not make the poultry radioactive.
In a notice to be published Wednesday in the Federal Register, the FDA said it has determined that the use of gamma radiation, electron radiation and X-rays to treat chicken, turkey and other fresh or frozen, uncooked poultry is safe at the levels being approved.
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