Every day, 27 million children sit down in school cafeterias to eat a plateful of government-supplied food. The meals consist of typical lunch fare - burgers, green beans, pizza, apples, lasagna.

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 proposed Tuesday relaxing its rules on labeling of irradiated foods and suggested it may allow some products zapped with radiation to be called “pasteurized.” The Food and Drug ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets last week announced the rollout of its own private-label, irradiated, fresh ground beef. It's the first supermarket chain in the United States to introduce this ...

Mangoes from Brazil, papayas from the Philippines, and all imported fruits and vegetables that might carry fruit flies can now be irradiated for sale in U.S. markets. The U.S. Department of ...