Antonio, Amilcar L.Fernandes, ÂngelaPereira, ElianaBarreira, João C.M.Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.Barros, Lillian2026-05-222026-05-222024Antonio, Amilcar L.; Fernandes, Ângela; Pereira, Eliana; Barreira, João C.M.; Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R.; Barros, Lillian (2024). Gamma and electron beam for food processing. In Food Packaging and Preservation: Antimicrobial Materials and Technologies. London: Elsevier, p. 187-213. ISBN 978-032390044-7978-032390044-7978-032388620-8http://hdl.handle.net/10198/36751Healthy and safe foods contribute to human well-being. Food processing technologies come on this behalf to make more food items available, extending their shelf-life and increasing their quality, eliminating microbiological contaminations, and increasing, in some cases, the bioavailability of some nutrients as well. One of the oldest food processes, cooking, meets these requirements.engSafe foodsFood processing technologiesbook part10.1016/B978-0-323-90044-7.00011-22-s2.0-85186809455