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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
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Subject: Re: sterilizing food with radiation
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 15:22:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 15:22:00 1985
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> In article <351@mhuxl.UUCP> smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) writes:
> >****                                                                 ****
> >From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh
> >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.

I heard that the U.S., or at  least part of California, is going to 
sell food in supermarkets marked as " PICO WAVED ".            

Does that mean it is Irradiated food put under a nondescript name to
not scare or inform the general public?