Meaʻai faʻasusuina

O meaʻai faʻasusuina o meaʻai ia e faʻamamaina ile faʻaaogaina o ave o le uila poʻo mea e faʻaaoga ile leitio e fasiotia ai siama. O le gaioiga e taʻua o le irradiation. E faʻaaogaina e aveʻese ai siama mai meaʻai. E le faʻatupuina le meaʻai i le leitio.

O penefiti o le faʻamamaina o meaʻai e aofia ai le mafai e faʻatonutonu ai iniseti ma siama, pei o le salmonella. O le gaioiga mafai ona maua ai meaai (aemaise fualaʻau ma fualaʻau) se umi fata olaga, ma e faʻaititia ai le aʻafiaga o le 'aʻafia taumafa.

O le faʻasusuina o meaʻai e faʻaaogaina i le tele o atunuʻu. Na muamua faʻamaonia i le Iunaite Setete e puipuia le tatupu mai o paʻepaʻe papaʻe, ma ia faʻatonutonu ai iniseti i luga o saito ma nisi mea manogi ma faʻamanogi.

O le US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ma le US Department of Agriculture (USDA) ua leva ona faamaonia le saogalemu o mea taumafa na faʻasusu.

Meaʻai e maua ile faʻasusu e aofia ai:

• Povi, puaa, moa
• O fuamoa i atigi
• Faigamago, e pei o le ula, ulamea, paa, faisua, uʻamea, mussels, scallops
• Fua fualaʻau mata ma fualaʻau mata, e aofia ai ma fatu mo tatupu (pei o alfalfa sprouts)
• Mea manogi ma mea faamanogi meaai

Uepisaite a le US Food and Drug Administration. Mea e faʻatino ai meaʻai: mea e tatau ona e iloa. www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need- iloa. Faʻafou Ianuari 4, 2018. Avanoa Ianuari 10, 2019.