date:Jul 23, 2012
In June this year, members of the civic consumer association Shoku no Communication Entakukaigi, (Roundtable communication on food) submitted a petition to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to consider irradiation as a possible method of food sterilization. In addition to making the request, the association irradiated frozen and defrosted raw beef liver in an experiment with the help of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)s Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute.
The experiment