| Abstract: | The Community Bureau of Reference - BCR - a research programme on measurements and testing of the European Community has organised a two years concerted action to develop and to validate methods of detection of foodstuffs treated by irradiation. The work was carried out by 50 scientists and was coordinated by 9 specialists in physics, chemistry, biology and microbiology. The results of this collaboration were that 3 methods (ESR, TL, ACP/DEFT) are validated and 2 methods (chemical, DNA) are to be validated. |
