FOOD IRRADIATION
June 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
FROM next January, US schools will have the option of purchasing irradiated meat for the country's US Department of Agriculture administered National School Lunch Programme, which feeds 27 million American children each year, despite overwhelmingly negative public consultation results. Lobby group, Public Citizen calls the decision a bail-out for a struggling industry.
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FROM next January, US schools will have the option of purchasing irradiated meat for the country's US Department of Agriculture administered National School Lunch Programme, which feeds 27 million American children each year, despite overwhelmingly negative public consultation results. Lobby group, Public Citizen calls the decision a bail-out for a struggling industry.
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