Radiation safety of food raw materials and food products

Abstract

Intensive use of radioactive isotopes in industry, abnormal emissions of nuclear fission products into the environment gradually increase the level of natural background radiation. As a result, there is a problem of farming, the main producer of food for the population, raw materials for industry, associated with the control of the level of contamination of soil, water, and livestock products. It is necessary to constantly monitor the radiation situation, namely the content of cesium-137 in soil, water, as well as in animal products both in the North-Western region and in other subjects of the Russian Federation. Due care must be taken when organizing the feeding of productive animals (dairy cows, beef cattle in the final fattening period), whose products, without an additional processing stage, can be directed to consumption by the population.