TIRUPATI: Speakers at the national seminar on ‘Radiation Processing of Agri-foods-Domestic and export market potential’ being organised jointly by SV University and SP Women’s University (SPMVV) discussed several issues pertaining to food irradiation, including productivity enhancement in the era of population explosion.
Delivering the inaugural address here on Thursday, W. Selva Murthy, Chief Controller (LS&HR), DRDO, explained that though the country had progressed in terms of agricultural yield post-independence, it was still backward in terms of productivity, as 30-40 per cent of the yield was getting lost due to poor post-harvest management. Mr. Murthy rubbished the misconceptions on the supposed ‘radiation effect’ and said that the process merely involved cold pasteurization of food products by controlled exposure to ionized radiation.
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