Food Irradiation 1 Wholesomeness Database

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TI:  QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT, RADIATION STERILIZATION PROJECT, AUGUST 1955.
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PY:  1955
PT:  Status report
LA:  English
PG:  iv, 46 p., tables
NT:  For period of 1 May - 31 July 1955.

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 I. INTRODUCTION                                                           i
II. GENERAL STATUS OF THE RADIATION STERILIZATION PROJECT
    AS OF 1 AUGUST 1955                                                    3
       Quartermaster Corps-Army Medical Service Task Group                 3
       National Research Council Subcommittee on Radiation
       Sterilization of Foods                                              3
       Current Status of Sources of Radiation                              4
       The Surgeon General's Cooperative Program                           6
       The Quartermaster Pioneering Research Division, Natick,
       Massachusetts                                                      11
       Quartermaster Food and Container Institute Internal
       Program                                                            11
       Contracts                                                          15
       Important Meetings Held                                            17
       Future Meetings of Importance                                      18
       Future Symposia on Radiation Sterilization                         18
       Personnel                                                          19
       Contributions by Radiation Sterilization Project
       Personnel                                                          19
       Sources of Information                                             20
III. ABSTRACTS OF CONTRACTOR'S PROGRESS REPORTS                           23
       Quartermaster Corps.                                               23
            Whole Food                                                    23
            Food Components                                               29
            Radiation Sensitivity of Enzymes in Foods                     35
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS--continued
            Retention of Vitamins in Irradiated Foods                    36
            Biochemical Activity in Radiation Sterilized
            Organisms                                                    37
            Radiation Sensitivity of Bacterial Toxin                     38
            Radiation Sensitivity of Microbial Systems                   38
       The Surgeon General's Program                                     40
            Carcinogenetic Studies                                       40
            Short-Term (sub-acute) Toxicity Studies                      41
            Long-Term (chronic) Toxicity Studies                         42
            Nutrition Evaluation Studies                                 43
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS--continued
IV.  CONTRACTORS' REPORTS*
*Contractors' reports are distributed under separate cover.
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I.  Introduction
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II.  General Status of the Radiation Sterilization Program as of 1 August 1955
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III.  Abstracts of Contractors' Progress Reports
     QUARTERMASTER CORPS
          1.  Whole Foods
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          2.  Food Components
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          3.  Radiation Sensitivity of Enzymes in Foods
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          4.  Retention of Vitamins in Irradiated Foods
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          5.  Biochemical Activity in Radiation-Sterilized Organisms
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          6.  Radiation Sensitivity of Bacterial Toxin
          7.  Radiation Sensitivity of Microbial Systems
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     THE SURGEON GENERAL'S PROGRAM
          1.  Carcinogenetics Studies
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          2.  Short-Term (sub-acute) Toxicity Studies
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          3.  Long-Term (chronic) Studies
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          4.  Nutrition Evaluation Studies
43

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