PPT Slide
Meat Industry Use of Irradiation
- Only good quality, wholesome meat will be irradiated
- Irradiation will not be used to destroy pre-formed toxins or viruses
- Irradiation will not be adopted to cover up badly contaminated meat
- Irradiation will reduce, and in some circumstances, eliminate pathogenic microorganisms in or on meat and poultry including Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, S. aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, and Toxoplasma gondii