Seminar: Retailer and consumer attitude toward PI in New Zealand

  On Thursday  11th November at 1pm (NZDT), the Stakeholder and Consumer Intelligence Team of the Plant and Food Research X-Ray Working Group will hold a virtual research seminar (Zoom) about retailer and consumer attitudes toward phytosanitary irradiation. Irradiation using X-Ray has significant potential as a phytosanitary...

New IAEA research project on PI open for applications

Proposals are now wanted for a new IAEA Coordinated Research Project 'CRP) was approved on 9 September 2021. CRPs bring together research institutions from its developing and developed Member States to collaborate on research projects of common interest. The project title is Novel Irradiation Technology for...

PI required for Mexican figs shipped to the US

On August 17, 2021 USDA-APHIS announced that effective August 24, 2021, all commercial consignments of fresh fig fruits (Ficus carica) imported into the United States from all growing areas of Mexico must be irradiated at a minimum of 400 Gy. This action is in response to...