我国辐照食品研究概况与发展前景

众所周知,世界谷物、畜产品、水产品和果蔬的保藏问题尚未能得到很好解决,每年的损失是巨大的。根据国际原子能机构估计,谷物类损失10—20%,块根块茎、干燥食品损失20—40%,水果蔬菜、鱼肉类损失更为严重。因保藏不善,每年总损失约130亿美金。我国也存在类似情况,每年粮食损失约10%,油料损失20%,肉食品损失达30%。实行经济改革后,食品霉烂损失情况有所改善。但由干我国冷藏链体系尚不发达,因此,

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROSPECTS OF FOOD IRRADIATION IN CHINA

As early as 1958 food irradiation research was started in our country.The present aim is to bring up these scientific developments into industrialmanufacture. During the past 28 years the research activities performed can besummerized as:1) investigation of food irradiation technology, 2) Setting up theexpert committee for enacting hygienic standard of irradiated food in 1982,3)construction of multi-purpose gamma irradiators, and 4) a feeding trial of dietmainly composed of irradiated foods in human volunteers. Some suggestions about further development project are:1) enhancing pilot- scale studies, market test and economic benefit analysis of food irradiation, 2)quality control, 3) enthusiastically spreading low dose appliaations, and 4) usinggamma irradiation to reduce microbial load of typical local foods containinghigh proteins and improve its hygienic quality.