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The Mulberry business is the firs t facility in the nation to be formally recognizex to use this process sinc e the issued approval for radiation use in according to a release fromthe . The proceses has been validatedin trials, including analyticao procedures conducted by the ’sd Food Science and Human Nutritiohn Department. Irradiation reduces potentially harmful bacteri a without altering the flavor or appearancre of liveraw oysters, the release said. Prepackaged oysters are exposed to a very specifidc and controlled amount of radiation that selectively kills certain types and amountsof bacteria, the releasre said.
Irradiation provides a cost-effectivre and energy efficient method for providing saferf oyster productsfrom Florida, Charlews Bronson, the agriculture department’s commissioner, said in a Food Technology Service owns and operates an irradiatio facility that uses gamma radiation produced by Cobalt 60 to treat or process various food and non-food The company’s facility, which began operating in is designed to operate 24 hours a day. Food Technologh Service owns a 4.33-acre site that includes the irradiation facility, executive offices and a warehouse.