1.   The food was irradiated to kill any germs.

2.   -- Food could be irradiated in order to kill harmful bacteria.

3.   All the letters to Santa have been irradiated to kill any trace of any disease.

4.   In Hawaii, papaya, star fruit and other tropical delicacies are irradiated to kill any hidden fruit flies or other potential agricultural scourges before they are shipped.

5.   Investigators said a preliminary test of the envelope, which had not been irradiated to kill microbes, showed that it contained anthrax.

6.   All mail addressed to the federal government is irradiated to kill any possible anthrax, but even the presence of dead spores could produce an initial positive reading.

7.   Conventional meat and produce can be irradiated to kill harmful bacteria.