+ Follow IRRADIATION Tag
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[Title] => Project dev't deal to set up irradiation facility in Philippines inked
[Summary] => The Philippines took the first steps towards creating an irradiation center for food products as a deal between A Brown Co. Inc. and the Russian State Atomic Energy Corp. was signed on the issue.
[DatePublished] => 2018-05-16 13:31:00
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[AuthorName] => Kristine Daguno-Bersamina
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[Title] => PhilMech to put up 1st comm’l irradiation facility
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) plans to put up the country’s first commercial irradiation technology facility that will help extend the shelf life of food products.
[DatePublished] => 2014-07-04 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
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[Title] => DOST-PNRI to establish electron beam accelerator
[Summary] => The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) is establishing an electron beam or “e-beam” irradiation facility at the agency’s compound in Quezon City, seen to allow the country’s scientists and researchers to pursue radiation research on food, medicine, agriculture, industry, and wastewater treatment.
[DatePublished] => 2014-03-20 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda
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[Title] => Adobo vs cancer, leukemia?
[Summary] => The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) is developing food for people with low immune systems, including those afflicted with cancer, leukemia and AIDS through irradiation.
[DatePublished] => 2012-07-11 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ghio Ong
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[Title] => Ultraviolet rays can fortify vegetable vitamins, minerals
[Summary] => Functional substances in fresh vegetables, such as vitamins and minerals, can be fortified with the use of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation.
A study done by the South Korea Rural Development Administration-National Research Institute (RDA-NRI) found that the use of UV irradiation effectively fortified levels of vitamins C and E in some leafy vegetables.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => Grant sought to boost mango exports
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is assisting the Department of Agriculture (DA) in securing a $10-million or about a P540-million grant from the US to put up the country’s first mango irradiation facility that would boost the Philippines’ chances of expanding its fresh mango exports to the US.
Trade Secretary Juan B. Santos said the mango irradiation facility is necessary to raise the volume of exports and other tropical fruits and vegetables in the US.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-23 00:00:00
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[Title] => DTI seeks $10-M grant for RP’s mango industry
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is supporting local mango growers’ aim to further improve the quality of their produce.
The DTI is currently facilitating the grant by the United States of a $10 million irradiation facility to the country.
This facility would significantly increase the export of Philippine mangoes and other tropical fruits and vegetables to the US.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-14 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[Title] => New study seen to open up more export opportunities for RP mango
[Summary] => The Philippines boosts its chances of expanding mango exports to the US with new research findings showing the country is free of mango pulp weevil and mango seed weevil pests.
Sources from the private sector-led National Mango Action Team said the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will soon be presenting to the Department of Agriculture, results of a research study indicating the absence of these diseases in mangoes grown from the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => NGO bucks DA plan to put up comm’l food irradiation facility
[Summary] => The Integrated Rural Development Foundation of the Philippines (IRDF), a non-government organization urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to reconsider plans to put up the country’s first commercial food irradiation facility in the wake of strong lobbies being waged by US consumer groups against consumption of irradiated food products.
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[Title] => DA eyes P129-M US food grant to fund study on irradiation
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to tap a P129-million food grant from the United States to bankroll a feasibility study on mango irradiation technology.
Irradiation is the preferred treatment for mangoes shipped to the US and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made this one of the conditions for allowing Philippine mango exporters to source their supply from areas outside of the quarantined Guimaras Island in Western Visayas.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-08 00:00:00
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IRRADIATION
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[Title] => Project dev't deal to set up irradiation facility in Philippines inked
[Summary] => The Philippines took the first steps towards creating an irradiation center for food products as a deal between A Brown Co. Inc. and the Russian State Atomic Energy Corp. was signed on the issue.
[DatePublished] => 2018-05-16 13:31:00
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[AuthorName] => Kristine Daguno-Bersamina
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[Title] => PhilMech to put up 1st comm’l irradiation facility
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) plans to put up the country’s first commercial irradiation technology facility that will help extend the shelf life of food products.
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[Title] => DOST-PNRI to establish electron beam accelerator
[Summary] => The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) is establishing an electron beam or “e-beam” irradiation facility at the agency’s compound in Quezon City, seen to allow the country’s scientists and researchers to pursue radiation research on food, medicine, agriculture, industry, and wastewater treatment.
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[Title] => Adobo vs cancer, leukemia?
[Summary] => The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) is developing food for people with low immune systems, including those afflicted with cancer, leukemia and AIDS through irradiation.
[DatePublished] => 2012-07-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorName] => Ghio Ong
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[Title] => Ultraviolet rays can fortify vegetable vitamins, minerals
[Summary] => Functional substances in fresh vegetables, such as vitamins and minerals, can be fortified with the use of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation.
A study done by the South Korea Rural Development Administration-National Research Institute (RDA-NRI) found that the use of UV irradiation effectively fortified levels of vitamins C and E in some leafy vegetables.
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[Focus] => 0
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[Title] => Grant sought to boost mango exports
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is assisting the Department of Agriculture (DA) in securing a $10-million or about a P540-million grant from the US to put up the country’s first mango irradiation facility that would boost the Philippines’ chances of expanding its fresh mango exports to the US.
Trade Secretary Juan B. Santos said the mango irradiation facility is necessary to raise the volume of exports and other tropical fruits and vegetables in the US.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-23 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[Title] => DTI seeks $10-M grant for RP’s mango industry
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is supporting local mango growers’ aim to further improve the quality of their produce.
The DTI is currently facilitating the grant by the United States of a $10 million irradiation facility to the country.
This facility would significantly increase the export of Philippine mangoes and other tropical fruits and vegetables to the US.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[Title] => New study seen to open up more export opportunities for RP mango
[Summary] => The Philippines boosts its chances of expanding mango exports to the US with new research findings showing the country is free of mango pulp weevil and mango seed weevil pests.
Sources from the private sector-led National Mango Action Team said the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will soon be presenting to the Department of Agriculture, results of a research study indicating the absence of these diseases in mangoes grown from the Philippines.
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[Title] => NGO bucks DA plan to put up comm’l food irradiation facility
[Summary] => The Integrated Rural Development Foundation of the Philippines (IRDF), a non-government organization urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to reconsider plans to put up the country’s first commercial food irradiation facility in the wake of strong lobbies being waged by US consumer groups against consumption of irradiated food products.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-28 00:00:00
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[Title] => DA eyes P129-M US food grant to fund study on irradiation
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to tap a P129-million food grant from the United States to bankroll a feasibility study on mango irradiation technology.
Irradiation is the preferred treatment for mangoes shipped to the US and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made this one of the conditions for allowing Philippine mango exporters to source their supply from areas outside of the quarantined Guimaras Island in Western Visayas.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-08 00:00:00
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September 18, 2005 - 12:00am
