A short sample letter follows. The Honolulu Advertiser 605 Kapiolani Blvd. Honolulu, HI 96813 Send a copy to the manager of your supermarket and to the customer service office of the supermarket headquarters. Fresh foods are our best sources of antioxidants and active digestive enzymes. They are essential to a healthy diet.
Irradiation makes the nutrition of raw food similar to that of cooked food.
Irradiation energy slams into the cells of the food. The enzymes are damaged. Irradiated 'fresh' food looks and tastes like fresh food, but nutritionally it is like cooked, dead food. That's why it can last longer in storage. Vapor heat and dry heat are already used to kill fruit flies on Hawaiian papayas for export.