Detection of Irradiated Food and Evaluation of the Given Dose by Electron Spin Resonance, Thermoluminescence, and Gas Chromatographic/Mass Spectrometric Analysis

Irradiated Hazelnut (Corylus avellana): Identification and Dose Assessment Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

“…The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has approved EPR as a standard technique for the detection of irradiated food where it is considered in the European Standards EN 1787:2000 (for cellulose), EN13708:2001 (for crystalline sugar), and EN 1786:2001 (for bone) [11], the Codex Alimentarius Commission has ratified the European Standards [12,13]. According to the European standard, all cellulose containing food, even unirradiated samples, exhibit a single (central) signal in their EPR spectra at about g = 2.004, the genesis of the paramagnetic species has been the subject of various theories [10,14,15].…”