The iia invites you to the 21st International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP 2024), taking place 4-8 November 2024 in Costa Rica. The IMRP 2024 theme will be ‘Irradiation Technologies – Available, Sustainable and Growing’. The exhibition space will be at the core of the conference, offering a...
On 16th February the iia attended the IAEA Webinar on ‘Core-training for Security of Radioactive Material in Use and Storage and Associated Facilities’. This webinar highlighted some of the training provided by IAEA on security of radioactive material; physical protection systems for radioactive material and...
Team Nablo have published the results of research to compare the effects of gamma, electron beam and X-ray on single use blood collection devices with plastic components. Click here to access the paper published in Radiation Physics and Chemistry. ...
Steritech's new X-ray facility in Melbourne has received conditional approval to treat Australian table grapes and cherries destined for the Vietnamese market. For further details click on this link to an article in Asiafruit....
Mexican exports of fresh irradiated produce to the U.S. grew by 30% in 2020. The fresh products had been irradiated for phytosanitary purposes. The quantities shipped grew to 27,034 tons according to the General Directorate of Plant Health of Mexico. Most of the growth arose from...
Tecleor LLC, a member of iia, has recently provided the following update that gives some insight into the development of the company: Tecleor is a centre for the development and application of food irradiation technology in Russia. It was the first private enterprise for the industrial...
Radiation processing can broadly be defined as the “intentional irradiation of products or materials to preserve, modify or improve their characteristics” (ASTM E3083). Applications include the irradiation of blood products, the treatment of foodstuffs, the sterilization of medical devices and the modification of polymers and...
Nordion has published this White Paper: “Gamma: The heart of radiation sterilization past, present and future” The White Paper provides a brief overview of the importance and contribution of gamma irradiation as a sterilization modality, with a focus on why it has grown to hold a...
News from the IAEA highlights the increasing use of irradiation as a phytosanitary treatment to support international trade in fresh fruit and vegetables. The article also references the role of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), joint FAO/IAEA programs and the International Plant Protection Convention...
The IAEA report developments that enable Viet Nam to secure the export of fresh fruits to the USA using phytosanitary irradiation treatment. Further details can be found by following this link to the news article. Earlier this year the iia created the Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP)...
The Microbiology Working Group of the Panel on Gamma and Electron Irradiation has published a guide on Risk Assessment following Sterilisation Dose Audit failure, in accordance with ISO11137-2 section 10.4. The new document is available to download from the Guides area of the Panel website....
The European Commission has launched INNO4COV-19. This is 6.1 million Euro project to support the marketing of new products to combat COVID-19 throughout Europe over the next two years. The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP is contributing its know-how...
On October 30, 2020 Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) called for comments on the draft food regulatory measure that would permit irradiation as a phytosanitary measure for all fresh fruit and vegetables. Currently, 26 fruits and vegetables can be irradiated according to the Australia New...
