THE controversyover irradiated foodmay finally die asubdued death. TheBhabha AtomicResearch Centre(BARC), Bombay, hasdecreed that theopposition of theBombay west suburban branch of theim Medical Association to a variety"adiated foods is unjustified. It baseswe on the substantial body of evironmentmce obanned from different laboratoryall over the world on the safety andolesonwoess of a variety of irradiateddL The centre also points out thatWedd Health Organization and thearmational Atomic Energy Agencyloven a clean chit to irradiated foodsit sautinising all aspects of its safetyam two decades.
Inat us Food and Drug Administrationsfs (FDA) verdict on irradiated foodsoWn another green signal for itsgL my sAx spokespersons. The FDAwaSW ruling on the safety of irradiated16od mourials in 1986 after it hadmWad all the points raised by various consumer forum and undertaken adetailed analysis.