PHYTOSANITARY PROCESSING OF FOOD PRODUCTS.

FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMES BASED ON IONIZING RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES

Comprehensive action is required at national and regional levels.

FAO. National and regional programmes for food security: Launched in 1994, the Special Programme for Food Security aims to decrease rates of hunger and malnutrition. This requires comprehensive action at national and regional levels.

— Why should countries keep food stocks?

States should put in place adequate and functioning mechanisms of early warning to prevent or mitigate the effects of natural or human-made disasters... States should take appropriate emergency preparedness measures, such as keeping food stocks for the acquisition of food, and take steps to put in place adequate systems for distribution. — FAO. VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES

— Objectives and types of public food stocks

Public stockholding programmes can aim to achieve different objectives, depending on the status of agricultural development in the country and the ability of producers and consumers to manage food price risks.

"Emergency stocks" aim to reduce the vulnerability of consumers to sudden supply or food price shocks caused by emergencies;
"Buffer stocks" aim to stabilize prices over the regular agricultural production cycle to reduce the vulnerabilities of both consumers to price shocks and of producers to income variability; and
"Stocks for domestic food distribution/food aid" aim to promote physical and economic access to adequate quantities of food for certain target populations. — FAO. Public Food Stockholding

— What are the factors that lead to instability?

World's population increase

The world's population is expected to increase by nearly 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from the current 8 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 10.4 billion in the mid-2080s.

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Pandemic, conflicts, and weather shocks

The COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts, and weather shocks have led to an increase in the number of people facing hunger. According to the 2023 edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger in 2022, representing an increase of 122 million people compared to 2019.

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Economic and political instability, climate- and weather-related disasters

There have been large-scale displacements triggered by conflicts, severe economic and political instability, climate- and weather-related disasters in many parts of the world.

Europe and Asia each hosted around 87 and 86 million international migrants, respectively – comprising 61% of the global international migrant stock.

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Irradiation offers a potential to enhance microbiological safety and quality of food through shelf-life extension

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, Radiation Processing for Safe, Shelf-Stable and Ready-to-Eat Food, IAEA-TECDOC-1337, IAEA, Vienna (2003)

OUR MISSION

IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING A BALANCED FOOD SECURITY SYSTEM FOR ALL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

COMPLEX WITH ELECTRON ACCELERATOR AT NATIONAL FOOD STOCK FACILITY

Implementation of food irradiation technologies contributes to food security programs worldwide and is essential for product quality assurance and shelf life extension.

Beamcomplex develops and manufactures unique ready-made compact complexes with electron accelerators for quick installation at national food stock and other facilities to process any types of food products.

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Ionizing Radiation Technology
Science has studied the effects of using ionizing radiation technologies on materials, substances and products of various compositions. These effects make it possible to use ionizing radiation - accelerated electrons and X-rays - in a variety of applications.

The electron accelerator generates E-beams and X-rays which penetrate through the products, materials and substances and destroy pathogens, fungi, insect pests and their larvae.

Benefits of Ionizing Radiation Technology
- Guaranteed destruction of all insect pests, their larvae, pathogens
- No need for poisonous gas fumigants and other chemicals
- No residual radiation in product
- The only technology that enables to treat products in hermetically sealed packaging, which eliminates the risk of re-contamination and spoilage of product
- Quality assurance for the entire shelf life

Benefits for Food Security
- Ensuring the implementation of national programs of food and food security, as well as social stability and well-being of the population
- Possibility to create stocks of food products with ultra-long shelf life
- Providing the population of the country with quality food product
- Reduction of intestinal diseases in the population of the country
- Preservation of crops in full
- Increasing the shelf life of products
- Possibility to store certain types of products for a long time without refrigeration

Benefits of Having Complexes at National Food Stock Facilities
- Treatment of all types of food products
- High productivity - Phytosanitary treatment of large volumes of agricultural products during the harvest period within a short period of time
- Shelf life extension of irradiated products up to 10 years
- Various treatment options: in bulk, in boxes, on pallets
- In-house food control and food safety ensured independently of suppliers

RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMES

The radiation technologies are adapted for phytosanitary treatment of food and agricultural products to improve food safety, extend product shelf life, etc.

Production of Products with Extended Shelf Life

Drinking Water Disinfection

Animal Feed

Pre-sowing Seeds Treatment

PRODUCT PROCESSING OPTIONS

Treatment in a bulk in one layer
Treatment in boxes
Treatment on pallets

The UN Food and Agricultural Organization is deeply concerned by the fact that one third of the world's annual food production is wasted... and many developing countries do not have the basic necessities for food production... FAO Resolution 2.1

Implementation of food irradiation technologies contributes to food security programs worldwide and is essential for product quality assurance and shelf life extension.

Food irradiation has a number of benefits, such as sprouting inhibition, slower ripening, it stops activity of insects, their larvae and all types of pathogens. This ensures food safety and increases its shelf life. For details, please refer to IAEA Safety Standards

PHYTOSANITARY PROCESSING OF FOOD PRODUCTS. FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMES BASED ON IONIZING RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES

PHYTOSANITARY PROCESSING OF FOOD PRODUCTS.

FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMES BASED ON IONIZING RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES