FOOD IRRADIATION WATCH

Confirming once again that consumers want clean and healthy food, a UK survey has found food safety concerns mostly involve new technologies.

What the survey fails to note is that, without clear labeling, these food technologies are hard to choose to avoid. While people might read labels to avoid trans-fats and additives, even traditional means of telling if food is safe, like smell and appearance are being subverted by new technologies that change the very structure of the food. While they may lend increased shelf-life to producers, they offer no benefits to consumers and may even increase costs to end users.

Read the full report here:
http://www.foodbase.org.uk/results.php?f_category_id=&f_report_id=641