Country's second food irradiation plant to begin operations at Navi Mumbai

  • 19/07/1998

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)

The Board of Radiation And Isotope Technology (BRIT), a division under the department of atomic energy, will soon inaugurate in Navi Mumbai the country's second food irradiation plant for commercial application. Built at a cost of Rs 5 crore , the plant will offer irradiation facilities for spices. The first such plant was kicked off in Naskik (Maharashtra) couple of years ago for onions.