Cost of Irradiating Bacon and the Associated Energy Savings

Abstract

This paper is about costs and energy savings obtained by irradiating bacon. Sterilized by irradiation (25 kGy), bacon without added nitrite does not contain nitrosamines and does not constitute botulism hazard. If bacon is irradiation sterilized while refrigerated, the cost of irradiation is about $0. 08/lb; if irradiation-sterilized while frozen, the costs of irradiation and freezing would be about $0.03/lb. Substerilizing irradiation doses of 7.5 to 15 kGy would give about 80 days extension of bacon stored and distributed refrigerated. The irradiation costs, in this case, would be about $0.07/lb.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069968

Entities

People

  • Ari Brynjolfsson

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Botulism
  • Consumers
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Electron Accelerators
  • Food
  • Freezing
  • Gamma Rays
  • Irradiated Food
  • Isotope Separation
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Lead Time
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Nitroso Compounds
  • Nuclear Reactors
  • Radiation
  • Storage

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.