Should food irradiation return to the table?
Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 23:30
in Health & Medicine
Some experts say the process could be a solution to deadly infections such as the recent E. coli outbreak in Europe. But others say consumers will always turn it down.In the wake of Europe's recent E. coli outbreak, in which sprouts contaminated with a particularly vicious strain killed 36 people and sickened thousands, food safety officials are asking once again what more can be done to curb the spread of food-borne illnesses.