It doesn’t make food radioactive, of course, but many consumers nevertheless have a level of discomfort with the idea. Still, one or two more food contamination scares on front pages and on TV news, and the public might start giving up its willies over exposing food or packaging to gamma rays, X rays, or e-beams to sanitize them.
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