APPLICATION OF RADIOCHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES IN FOOD PROCESSING RESEARCH. PART II. RADIOISOTOPIC TRACER TECHNIQUES IN EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRY PRACTICES FOR REMOVAL OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES FROM FOODS. Progress Report

Technical Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4704209

Mercer, W A

Problems met in determining the extent to which commercial processing practices remove pesticide residues from foods are discussed, and the use of tracer techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of various practices is described. Results of some tests on the effectiveness of processing procedures are given, and the methods used in the evaluations are described. Neutron activation analysis is noted to be an extremely promising tool for these investigations since no radioactive pesticides have to be applied to the foods. (D.C.W.)

• Research Organization: National Canners Assn. Western Research Lab., Berkeley, Calif.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(04-3)-296
• NSA Number: NSA-17-027638
• OSTI ID: 4704209
• Report Number(s): SAN-1021
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF ISOTOPES AND RADIATIONS
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
EFFICIENCY
FOOD
NEUTRONS
PESTICIDES
RADIOCHEMISTRY
RADIOISOTOPES
RESIDUES
TRACER TECHNIQUES
USES