Tyson to Irradiate Some Products

Tyson Foods Inc., the nation’s largest poultry producer, said it will begin using electricity to treat some of its products for contamination by zapping bacteria so it cannot reproduce. Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson said its decision to institute the program was consumer-driven. Tyson has contracted with San Diego-based Titan Corp. to use electron beams generated from regular electrical currents. Tyson says a market test could come early next year.