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> the Minister said that [some of] the imported foods into Rwanda are preserved using nuclear technology Huh, anyone knows what this is referring to?
by TrainedMonkey 6y ago
> the Minister said that [some of] the imported foods into Rwanda are preserved using nuclear technology
Huh, anyone knows what this is referring to?
- mhh__ 6y agohttps://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know#:~:text=Food%20irradiation%20(the%20application%20of,food%20safer%20for%20the%20consumer https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irra.... Kills the bugs
- chmod775 6y agoThat or they're just running fridges with nuclear power ;)
- bayesian_horse 6y agoThat's not that strange or extra-ordinary. Sometimes radiation is used to sterilize food to increase shelf life. It doesn't make the food radioactive though. The sources of such radiation are similar to those used for medical purposes. If I remember correctly, this is especially useful for spices. But probably other stuff, also.
- manfredo 6y agoYou can blast foods with gamma radiation and then can it or otherwise put it in an airtight seal. The gamma radiation kills all foods and microbes that would cause it to decay. Gamma radiation is just photons (unlike alpha and beta radiation) so it doesn't case the food to become radioactive. It would enable canning food without preservatives.
- opwieurposiu 6y agoTypically you put the food in the can and the cans the box and then blast the whole box in one go. Very useful for countries with limited access to refrigeration. This is also a common method for sterilizing single use medical stuff, band-aids, sutures, iv tubes etc.