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State and prospects of food irradiation in tunisia

Abstract

Tunisia is a country with a high vocational agricultural orientation. It continues to promote production and gives incentives to construct storage and processing installations in order to meet the food demand of the growing population. This policy is part of a global development program aimed at reaching a food security system. This system is based not only on increasing production but also on the improvement of the storage and processing capacities existing in the country, whether modern or traditional, taking in consideration the food commodities and the region concerned. Food preservation by irradiation is an alternative to improve and reinforce our food security system, since it is considered as a way to protect commodities from spoilages and also to promote shelf life and improve hygienic qualities. The products which are concerned by decreasing losses are mainly potatoes, onions garlic, dates, nuts, etc. Hygiene improvement will concern poultry products for our growing tourist business. And, shelf extension concerns our exports of sea product to the european community. Within this scope the government of tunisia has submitted a proposal to install a pilot unit to carry out preliminary work toward the introduction of an industrial unit. The international atomic energy agency has  More>>
Authors:
Mahjoub, A [1] 
  1. Dept., de la Technologie Alimentaire Ecole Superieure des Industries Alimentaires 58, Ave. Alain Savary, 1003 Tunis, (Tunisia)
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1995
Product Type:
Miscellaneous
Report Number:
INIS-EG-001; CONF-9411323-
Reference Number:
SCA: 553004; PA: AIX-28:030288; EDB-97:057907; SN: 97001765107
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2. Arab conference on the peaceful uses of atomic energy, Cairo (Egypt), 5-9 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the second Arab conference on the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Part II: A and B; Barakat, M.F.; El-Mashri, S.M. [eds.]; PB: 1199 p.
Subject:
55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; RADAPPERTIZATION; PROSPECTING; TUNISIA; AGRICULTURE; COMPILED DATA; IAEA; INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR DATA COMMITTEE; IRRADIATION; PILOT PLANTS; PRODUCTION; STORAGE
OSTI ID:
456003
Research Organizations:
Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo (Egypt); Arab Atomic Energy Agency (AAEA), Tunis (Tunisia); Middle Eastern Regional Radioisotope Centre for the Arab Countries, Cairo (Egypt)
Country of Origin:
Egypt
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE97620040; ISBN 9973-9927-3-3; TRN: EG9601708030288
Availability:
INIS; OSTI as DE97620040
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
pp. 957
Announcement Date:
Jan 21, 2004

Citation Formats

Mahjoub, A. State and prospects of food irradiation in tunisia. Egypt: N. p., 1995. Web.
Mahjoub, A. State and prospects of food irradiation in tunisia. Egypt.
Mahjoub, A. 1995. "State and prospects of food irradiation in tunisia." Egypt.
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title = {State and prospects of food irradiation in tunisia}
author = {Mahjoub, A}
abstractNote = {Tunisia is a country with a high vocational agricultural orientation. It continues to promote production and gives incentives to construct storage and processing installations in order to meet the food demand of the growing population. This policy is part of a global development program aimed at reaching a food security system. This system is based not only on increasing production but also on the improvement of the storage and processing capacities existing in the country, whether modern or traditional, taking in consideration the food commodities and the region concerned. Food preservation by irradiation is an alternative to improve and reinforce our food security system, since it is considered as a way to protect commodities from spoilages and also to promote shelf life and improve hygienic qualities. The products which are concerned by decreasing losses are mainly potatoes, onions garlic, dates, nuts, etc. Hygiene improvement will concern poultry products for our growing tourist business. And, shelf extension concerns our exports of sea product to the european community. Within this scope the government of tunisia has submitted a proposal to install a pilot unit to carry out preliminary work toward the introduction of an industrial unit. The international atomic energy agency has accepted the proposal and is looking for funds for the implementation. The government has recently pledged 60.000 tunisian dinars to do the required engineering studies of the unit. 4 tabs.}
place = {Egypt}
year = {1995}
month = {Oct}
}