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The IAEA report that five million irradiated fruit flies burst out of white boxes every Saturday and race to stop female flies from breeding larvae-filled eggs in Trok Nong, a small rural town in eastern Thailand. Their mission: protect premium export fruits like durian and...
The maximum limit of 1 kGy imposed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) on fresh produce irradiated for phytosanitary purpose often poses challenges to radiation processors. The iia has created a small informal group to write...
Trade in fresh produce irradiated for phytosanitary purpose has now reached 50,000 tons per year and continues to grow. On March 27, 2020 the first shipment of irradiated persimmons from Queensland reached Thailand. This was the first shipment of any irradiated fresh produce from Australia to...
In a note published in Biocontrol News and Information [31(2), 11N–12N] Dr Peter A. Follett (USDA-ARS, Hawaii, USA) elaborated on the possible harmful effects of X-ray radiation from baggage or parcels inspection systems when live biological material is shipped. Insect irradiation studies normally involve application of radiation doses...
The 2019/20 export season delivered another record result for the Australian fresh produce industry utilising phytosanitary irradiation protocols, according to an article published by…click here for MORE INFO - available via the iia Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP). First published by iia July 2020...
The Asia Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) organizing a Regional Workshop on Phytosanitary Irradiation Treatment in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of Australia and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand. The workshop was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 25 February...
