Press releases, communication, etc.



Good food doesn't need irradiation!
Press release on the international Anti-Food Irradiation Week 2004! (PDF format) - [Click here]

European Parliament urged to vote against irradiated food
Open letter to the European parliament (PDF format) - [Click here]

Food Irradiation in Sweden: From a National to a Global Concern 
Speech by Martin Frid of the Swedish Consumer Coalition at the International meeting on Food Irradiation held in Brussels 17th November 2001. Speech (PDF format) - [Click here]

 US. Farm Bill's Irradiation Labeling Provisions (14.05.2004)
New U.S. legislation on labeling irradiated food jeopardizes consumers' right to know. Earlier this month a piece of U.S. legislation was passed that could enable food irradiation companies to start using the word 'pasteurization' on irradiated food product labels. Press release from Public Citizen, Active Consumers and The Food Commission - [Click here]

 

 

Surveys and tests

 


Danish supermarkets and Irradiated foods
A survey by Active Consumers reveals that the Danish supermarket at split 50/50 when asked if they want to sell irradiated food. COOP Denmark - that has a 38% market share of the Danish retail market - is against selling irradiated food. Survey (PDF format) - [Click here]

UK supermarkets reject irradiation (01.05.2002)
Public pressure is keeping irradiated foods off supermarket shelves. In February 2002  A survey of the nine major UK supermarkets to find out their policies on irradiated food. All of them replied that their policy was not to stock irradiated products.  Read survey (PDF format) - [Click here]

 

 

Reports

 

 

Attitudes to food irradiation in Europe
Leaflet  by The Food Commission on Food Irradiation in the European Union. Legislation in Europe. Why consumers oppose irradiation? Etc. Leaflet (PDF format) - [Click here]

Bad Taste! Report on the WHOs endorsement of Irradiated Food 
A report by Public Citizen that takes looks at decades of scientific research into the safety of Irradiated Food and role the World Health Organizations in the endorsement of Irradiated Food. 
Bad Taste report (PDF format) - [Click here] 

 

 

Links

 

 

Public Citizen homepages on Food Safety and Food Irradiation - [Click here]

The Food Commission Food Irradiation homepages - [Click here]  

 

Good food dos not need irradiating!

The European Food Irradiation Campaign is a network of NGOs opposing the use of Food Irradiation in the European Union.

The Campaign also works for better control with irradiated food including more monitoring and enforcement of illegal irradiation and More research into the long-term health impacts irradiated foods


The European Food Irradiation campaign 

Brussels office:

Public Citizen (Brussels)
Rue de la Sablonnière 18
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Tel. +32 2 218 22 41
Fax +32 2 218 45 09

Contact person:
Morgane Ody