The New World screwworm, a parasitic fly eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s, reemerged in Mexico in 2024, threatening the country's beef industry. Mexico's SENASICA is combating the outbreak using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), which uses low-dose radiation to sterilize...
Researchers funded by the CDC suggest that food irradiation could significantly reduce foodborne illness outbreaks. Analyzing 2,153 outbreaks from 2009 to 2020, they found none involved irradiated foods, despite some foods being eligible for irradiation. Of the 482 outbreaks with known processing methods, 155 were...
The Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP) is developing a workshop ‘From Theory to Practice – Addressing Challenges’ which will be held on Sunday 3 November 2024 (immediately prior to IMRP 2024). The workshop is being designed as an interactive mentoring session where participants will be able to discuss the challenges...
The Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP) hosted the third event in their recent series of webinars discussing phytosanitary irradiation in relation to fruit quality. Hosted 30 May 2024, their latest webinar 'Comprehensive Generic Doses for Phytosanitary Irradiation' included a presentation by Dr. Peter Follet. Peter is...
Thursday 30 May 2024 | 8:30am - 9:30am HST (2:30pm EDT, 7:30pm BST) REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN The PsIP recently announced their latest webinar ‘Comprehensive Generic Doses for Phytosanitary Irradiation’ is to be held 30 May 2024, 8:30am - 9:30am HST (2:30pm EDT, 7:30pm BST). This will...
The Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP) recently held two webinars discussing the effect on fruit quality when using phytosanitary irradiation as a post harvest treatment. The recordings of these webinars are now available to watch, along with brief descriptions of both webinars below: Effects of Phytosanitary Irradiation...
Registration for the next PsIP webinar ‘Fruit Quality: Phytosanitary Irradiation vs Conventional Post Harvest Treatments’ is now open, taking place 21 March 2024, 11am – 12pm PST. This is the second webinar in their latest series discussing phytosanitary irradiation and it’s effects on the quality...
The iia would like to thank everyone that attended the Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform's (PsIP) live three-part webinar series that took place 16 & 30 August and 6 September. We would also like to thank Ariadnne (PsIP lead) for hosting the successful events, as well as...
The PsIP is pleased to share details of the third and final webinar in its series that aims to share information and promote collaboration on the use of irradiation for phytosanitary purposes. Through these webinars, PsIP seeks to open an ongoing dialogue that will identify the...
The PsIP is pleased to announce a free-of-charge series of webinars to support and promote collaboration and communication within our diverse community. This series aims to share information and promote education on the use of food irradiation for phytosanitary purposes. They seek to open an...
The IAEA initiated a technical cooperation project for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLA1021) in 2022. The main objective of this project is to strengthen the competitiveness of regional agro-industrial economies. It is believed that irradiation technologies for phytosanitary purposes, can be used to minimize...
The attached paper was written by members of the Food Technology Division at Bhabah Atomic Energy Centre in Mumbai, India. Eb.Foodcontrol.Rev....
The Phytosanitary Irradiation Forum held at IMRP 20 in Bangkok (November 2022) was well attended and generated continued enthusiasm to ensure that this growing market is nurtured. In recent months leading members of the community have been in discussion with the iia in order to determine...
Texas A&M university are hosting two hands-on e-beam technology workshop during 2023. The first focuses on the use of eBeam and X-ray technologies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. The second is focused on the use of eBeam and X-ray technologies in the fresh food,...
The IAEA just published the Final Report of the work undertaken under coordinated research project (CRP) D61024 on the Development of Electron Beam and X ray Applications for Food Irradiation (DEXAFI). The coordinated research project was implemented by the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques...
The latest iia publication - The development of radiation processing in Latin America and the Caribbean Region is now available in the publications section of our website. Latin America and the Caribbean Region have an established history of scientific research and the commercial application of radiation processing....
The construction of a new irradiation center next to Cai Cui port, the central port of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, has been announced by Can Tho Irradiation Joint Stock Company on July, 14, 2022. On an area of nearly 2 hectares, a multi-purpose irradiation facility...
