You may have seen irradiated meat as a new choice in some supermarkets and restaurants along with claims that the meat is safer because the radiation kills bacteria that can cause food poisoning.

The government began allowing companies to sell irradiated meat to the public in 1999, but the treated foods were prohibited in the school lunch program, Alisa Harrison, a department spokeswoman ...

In a local veterinary hospital he infected dogs with streptococci and staphylococci, withdrew a large amount of blood from their veins, irradiated it under an ultraviolet lamp, and put it back in ...