Shellfish, radiation pasteurization

HPhe irradiation of fishery products covers a broad area and includes microbiological, biochemical, organoleptic, and engineering problems in the field of fishery technology. Many advances have been made in recent years in the radiation pasteurization of fish and shellfish. 

Table I. Storage-Life Range of Radiation-Pasteurized Fish and Shellfish of the Pacific Coast at Tentative Recommended Levels of...

Novak, A. F., Radiation Pasteurization of Gulf Shellfish, Annual Report for U. S. Atomic Energy Commission under Contract No. AT(40-1)-2951 (1965). 

Radiation Biochemistry of Carbohydrates. Normal autolytic processes are not affected by pasteurizing doses of ionizing radiation. The principal source of volatile base in irradiated and unirradiated or sterile fish or shellfish tissues is through enzymatic amination of adenosine monophosphate to the flavor-active compound inosine monophosphate. 

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