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Subject: Re: sterilizing food with radiation
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

>     The procedure is already used in some cases for garlic
> and potatoes, among others.  (I suspect the oversized baking
> spuds you can mail-order from Idaho.)  Again, marketers
> don't have to mention that your food has been irradiated.
> (If the potatoes sprout on you they're probably O.K.)
>     I am unaware as to how close the food irradiators are
> to implementing their idiot scheme.

Irradiated food has been available in most other countries of the
world for years.  I especially saw a lot of it in Australia.  They
had many grocery stores in the out-back that didn't have refrigeration.
Since they had irradiated products including milk, they didn't
need refrigeration.  We have irradiated milk available here in
Pennsylvania.  I assume there must be a lot of products either
available or becoming available.