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...
The irradiation of seeds and other plant material with gamma or X-rays has developed thousands of novel crop varieties in hundreds of crop species increasing yields and resulting in billions of dollars in additional revenue for farmers. Marker assisted breeding vastly reduces the time needed to...
The Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) is an international non-profit network of individual scientists and scientific organizations working together to promote harmonization of global food safety regulations and legislation. GHI relies on food scientists and experts in industry, government and academia to voice scientific consensus and...
In a document published on October 30, 2018, the US Department of Energy is seeking proposals for the development of a self-shielded irradiator to be used for the sterilization of insects in support of the Sterile Insect Technique. The purpose is to use non-radioisotopic sources...
