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Review of the Food Irradiation Research Programme (A05)

A review of the Food Irradiation Research Programme (A05) was undertaken in 2003 by the Food Standards Agency.

Review Panel Members

Peter Brown, Lincolne Sutton and Wood – Public Analysts
Peter Sharpe, National Physical Laboratory
Merav Shub, The Food Commission
Eileen Stewart, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland

Background

This report describes the review of the Food Irradiation Research Programme (A05) over the period 1995-2003; first under the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and then the Food Standards Agency (FSA) after April 2000.

The review was carried out by a panel of four independent experts. This report describes the projects under review, their cost, outcome and objectives; the report also includes the panel's review of the projects along with recommendations for the future direction of the programme.

Contact details

Carl Blackburn
Tel: 020 7276 8744
Email: carl.blackburn@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

The full report of the Review, with the annexes available separately, can be viewed or downloaded in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) via the links below.

Related links

Download pdf  (pdf 96KB) Report of the A05 review: Annex A

Download pdf  (pdf 17KB) Report of the A05 review: Annex B

Download pdf  (pdf 18KB) Report of the A05 review: Annex C

Download pdf  (pdf 9KB) Report of the A05 review: Annex D FSA action plan

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