In the wake of recent meat recalls, efforts to win federal approval for food irradiation are gaining new traction.
The Canadian Cattlemen's Association is preparing to resubmit an application to Health Canada to allow ground beef to be irradiated in Canada, 10 years after the last application stalled in the bureaucracy.
The application – expected in March – will include a review of the latest science on irradiation and a new opinion poll, according to Rob McNabb, general manager of operations for the Cattlemen.
The Canadian Meat Council, an industry advocacy and marketing association, wrote a letter to Health Canada in December urging approval of that application.
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