What has been approved to date?
Answer
To date, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved the irradiation of herbs, spices, herbal infusions, and a wide variety of fruits and vegetables including: blueberries, raspberries, mangoes, mangosteens, pawpaws, carambolas, breadfruits, custard apples, lychees, longans, rambutans, persimmons, tomatoes, capsicums, apples, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, honeydew, rockmelon, strawberries, table grapes, zucchini and squash.
Now, they want to pass a blanket approval for the irradiation of all fruit and vegetables.