On Wed, 18 May 2005 18:48:04 +0000 (UTC), "Wazza"
wrote:

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| "Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
| ...
| : On Wed, 18 May 2005 18:17:22 GMT, (Neil Cairns)
| : wrote:
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| :
| : | Nearly all fruit and veg in the supermarkets are sprayed with
| : | chemicals to prolong the shelf life,
| :
| : Water is a chemical, as are salt, sugar etc. Everything else in this world
| : is either a chemical or a mixture of chemicals. I assume you are against
| : air http://www.mistupid.com/chemistry/aircomp.htm which is quite a complex
| : mixture of chemicals
| :
| or gamma rays, which is not a chemical.


http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/r...d/irradfoodqa/

It is required that all foods, or ingredients of foods listed on the label,
which have been irradiated, are labelled as 'irradiated' or 'treated with
ionising radiation'. When irradiated food is not pre-packed and is sold for
immediate consumption (for example, in restaurants) it must be marked or
labelled on a menu, notice or ticket that the consumer can see when
choosing the food.


I read many labels a week. (sad) :-(
I have never seen a label which said anything had been irradiated. So
irradiated food must be very rare, because that would be something which
would hit me in the face.

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