> because no matter what it is, blood, maggots, urine, bodily waste, it'll all be made sterile and 0% chance of food poisoning. I'm sorry, but that is incorrec

> because no matter what it is, blood, maggots, urine, bodily waste, it'll all be made sterile and 0% chance of food poisoning. I'm sorry, but that is incorrect and you were misled. Food poisoning is not directly caused by micro-organisms but by their excreted byproducts. If you take a rotten piece of meat, irradiate it and cook it well-done, you will still get sick. If you take a can that is bulging with botulism, irradiate it and thoroughly cook it, you will still get sick. Because while the micro-organisms are dead, the toxin (literal toxin, not "chemicals") is still present. For an analogy: boiling water will sterilize it, but not do anything about turbid mud or arsenic or other non-living contaminates. Irradiating food does not mean you get to be lax in other standards.