date:Aug 08, 2013
mangoes to the US from 157 tonnes to 290 tonnes this year.
Last year, the Department of Atomic Energy revised rules for generic approvals under the Atomic Energy Act.
The Atomic Energy Rules 2012 (Radiation Processing of Food Allied Products) will allow enhanced commercial exploitation of the food irradiation technology on a wide product range for achieving sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards.
According to Suresh Bhagwat, former head, nuclear agriculture and biotechnology division, their