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Inter‐laboratory trials of the EPR method for the detection of irradiated meats containing bone
Author(s) -
DESROSIERS MARC F.,
LE FRANÇOISE G.,
McLAUGHLIN WILLIAM L.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1994.tb02056.x
Subject(s) - electron paramagnetic resonance , irradiation , food irradiation , radiochemistry , international agency , materials science , nuclear medicine , medicine , chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , nuclear physics , cancer
Three international trials on the use of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to detect irradiated meats containing bone were sponsored as part of a coordinated research programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency. In these trials, 11 laboratories used EPR to examine a total of 154 bone samples from three different meats. In one of the trials food irradiation processing conditions were simulated. the results were 100% successful for identifying both irradiated and unirradiated bones. A protocol for the EPR method is provided.