‘Irradiated food safe to eat’

Making their rounds: Dr Mohd Ashhar (second from right) visiting an exhibition booth with senior agency director Dr Zulkifli Mohamed Hashim (right) during the food safety seminar in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers should not worry about eating food zapped by radiation as studies have shown there was no radioactive residue in them to cause harm, said Malaysian Nuclear Agency director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Lebai Juri.

Food that was exposed to gamma rays, electron and X-rays would not cause it to be radioactive because the energy of the rays was low.