Abstract

Food irradiation is an efficient technology that can be used to ensure food safety by eliminating insects and pathogens to prolong shelf life. Food irradiation has demonstrated valuable and have practical benefits when integrated within an established system for the safe handling and distribution of food products. On the other hand, consumers are still confused and fail to differentiate irradiated foods from radioactive foods. Although, irradiation technology has yet to be generally accepted as safe among consumers, it is expected that most of the consumers will accept irradiated food if well informed through food literacy.

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