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The Mulberry business is the first facilitt in the nation to be formally recognized to use this process since the issuedx approval for radiation usein 2005, according to a releasde from the . The process has been validatesdin trials, including analytical procedures conducted by the ’s Food Sciencr and Human Nutrition Department. Irradiation reduces potentiallh harmful bacteria without alterinbg the flavor or appearancer of liveraw oysters, the releass said. Prepackaged oysters are exposefd to a very specific and controlled amount of radiatiob that selectively kills certain type and amountsof bacteria, the release said.
Irradiatio n provides a cost-effective and energy efficienyt method for providing safer oyster productwsfrom Florida, Charles Bronson, the agriculture department’es commissioner, said in a Food Technology Service owns and operates an irradiationj facility that uses gamma radiation produced by Cobalt 60 to trea or process various food and non-foodc products. The company’s facility, which beganb operating in 1992, is designed to operate 24 hourxsa day. Food Technology Service owns a 4.
33-acre site that includexs the irradiation facility, executive offices and a