TY - BOOK ED - A joint FAO/IAEA/WHO Expert Committee ED - World Health Organization ED - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ED - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) TI - Wholesomeness of irradiated food: : Report of a Joint FAO/IAEA/WHO Expert Committee, ‎meeting held in Geneva from 27 October to 3 November 1980 T2 - World Health Organization technical report series ; no. 659 SN - 9241206594 U1 - 100 SD:610.621 PY - 1981/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - wholesomeness KW - irradiated food N2 - Reports the findings of an expert committee commissioned to evaluate the extent to which processing by ionizing radiation may affect the nutritional content, chemical composition, and microbiological safety of food. In a set of unprecedented recommendations, the committee determined that the irradiation of any food commodity up to an overall average dose of 10 kGy presents no toxicological hazard and, moreover, that toxicological testing of foods so treated was no longer required. The report is recognized as a landmark in that it established a maximum absorbed dose for the wholesomeness of irradiated food ER -