Lok Sabha Question No. 1694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: Radiation-Based Food Preservation
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Shashank Mani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 1694 ANSWERED ON 30/07/2025

## RADIATION-BASED FOOD PRESERVATION

## 1694. SHRI SHASHANK MANI

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has entered into any Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with  public or  private  enterprises  or  commissioned  commercial  facilities  for  the application of radiation-based hurdle technology in food preservation;
- (b) if so, the details of these collaborations including the technologies employed, the scale of operations and their geographical reach?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) & (b) Yes,  presently  39  Gamma  Radiation  Processing  Plants  are  operational  in  the country in private, cooperative, and government sector, out of which 21 plants are capable of carrying out radiation processing of agricultural/food products. The list is as follows:

|   S. No. | Name of The Plant                                                                           |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | M/S Organic Green Foods Ltd., Dankuni, Kolkata, West Bengal                                 |
|        2 | M/S Gamma Agro Medical Processing, Hyderabad, Telangana                                     |
|        3 | M/S Jhunsons Chemicals Pvt Ltd., Bhiwadi, Rajasthan                                         |
|        4 | M/S Innova Agri Bio Park Ltd., Malur, Dist. Kolar, Karnataka                                |
|        5 | M/S Hindustan Agro Co-Operative Ltd., Rahuri, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra                       |
|        6 | M/S Impartial Agro Tech (P) Ltd., Unnao, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                             |
|        7 | M/S Gujarat Agro Industries Corpn. Ltd, Bavla, Ahmedabad, Gujarat                           |
|        8 | M/S Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB), Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra |

|   S. No. | Name of The Plant                                                                   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        9 | M/S Aligned Industries, Dharuhera, Haryana                                          |
|       10 | M/s Avantee Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd, Indore, Madhya Pradesh                         |
|       11 | M/s Electro Magnetic Industries, Vadodara                                           |
|       12 | M/s Pinnacle Therapeutics Pvt Ltd, Vadodara                                         |
|       13 | M/s Jamnadas Industries, Indore, MP                                                 |
|       14 | M/s Solas Industries, Mathura, U.P.                                                 |
|       15 | M/s Microtrol Sterilisation Services Pvt. Ltd., Baval, Haryana                      |
|       16 | M/s AV Gamma Tech LLP, Ambernath, Maharashtra                                       |
|       17 | Deptt. of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business (DAMAB), Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu |
|       18 | Infrastructure Development authority, Patna, Bihar                                  |
|       19 | M/s LION FOODS PVT. LTD., Gir Somnath, Gujrat                                       |
|       20 | Radiation Processing Plant, Vashi, Maharashtra                                      |
|       21 | KRUSHAK, Lasalgaon, Nashik, Maharashtra                                             |

Radiation  processed  food  products  are  very  safe  for  human  consumption  with extended shelf-life and can contribute to reduce post-harvest losses as well. The facilities,  mentioned  before,  are  providing  radiation  processing  services  as  and when demand comes.

Raja  Ramanna  Centre  for  Advanced  Technology  (RRCAT)  has  developed  10 MeV, 10 kW food irradiation Linac for electron beam radiation processing of food products.

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