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communication and media studies
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labor movement and other forms of collective action
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irradiation
Preferred term
food irradiation
Definition
- Food irradiation is the process of treating food with ionizing radiation to eliminate germs and possible disease from the food. The need to treat food for the presence of germs has been known since the work of Louis Pasteur and the invention of the pasteurization process. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Food Irradiation]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/food_irradiation
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