“…Irradiation has proven to be an effective treatment for many fresh produce, particularly electron-beam irradiation (CastellPerez, Moreno, Rodriguez, & Moreira, 2004;Han, Gomes-Feitosa, Castell-Perez, Moreira, & Silva, 2004;Moreno, Castell-Perez, Gomes, Da Silva, & Moreira, 2006a, 2006bMoreno, Castell-Perez, Gomes, Da Silva, Kim, & Moreira, 2007). The advantages of this technology are high lethality, great penetration into the product core, cold application (i.e., does not increase product temperature) and, negligible quality detrimental effects, when applied properly.…”