Radappertization radiation sterilization

The technology has been developed mainly for meats, poultry, and certain seafoods in the United States, and radappertized foods were successfully used in space missions [116]. Similar radiation-sterilized products were manufactured by the Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa for hikers [117]. 

The purpose of this process is the production of foodstuffs that are shelf stable at ambient temperatures and that have better quality characteristics than the corresponding heat-sterilized products. Radappertization dose of low-acid foods must ensure elimination of the spores of the most resistant bacterial pathogen, C. botulinum. The dose selected for the purpose is around 50 kGy, 12 times of the Z>io value. As the product is intended to be shelf-stable at ambient temperature, while autolytic enzymes have high radiation resist-... 

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