Michelle Marcotte Files on Food Irradiation

Collection

Identifier: MS0395

Staff Only

Content Description

The Michelle Marcotte Files on Food Irradiation contain research papers and printed information materials about food processing and food irradiation in Canada and the United States over a 30 year period. The collected information formed reviews of literature required to submit petitions in Canada and the United States for approval to irradiate foods such as mangoes, poultry, animal feeds, red meat, and later dietary supplements (botanicals), shellfish, crustaceans, shelf-stable foods. The files contain many petitions Marcotte authored or co-authored, including the Nordion animal feed petition, the Sterigenics shelf stable petition, parts of Sterigenics 7.5 MeV petition, the Steritech (Australia) spice petition (later expanded to include dry ingredients, nuts, and seeds), and the Steris botanicals (dietary supplements) petition.

Dates

Creation: 1987-2006

Conditions Governing Access

Contact Special Collections for access.

Biographical Sketch

Michelle Marcotte graduated from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1977 with a bachelor of arts degree in Home Economics, majoring in Foods and Nutrition. She began her career as an internal food consultant for agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Next she worked for MDS Nordion as a senior market development specialist for food irradiation applications. This was followed by employment by Inter/Sect Alliance. She established Marcotte Consulting Inc. (Canada) and Marcotte Consulting LLC (Maryland, USA) to provide management consulting services to assist industry, governments, and other organizations. Marcotte's consulting practice focused on market development through regulatory change and communications. This work incorporated nutrition, food technology and regulatory knowledge to affect market development for an emerging system. In addition, she co-chaired the United Nations Environment Program Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee.

Total Size of Collection

17 records_box

21.25 Linear Feet (17 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

Marcotte began building this collection in 1987 while working for the Atomic Energy of Canada, Commercial Products, in Kanata, Ontario, Canada. The company is now known as MDS Nordion. When Marcotte left Nordion in 1995, she continued to grow the collection as part of her consulting work in the field. During this time, research papers were not widely available on the web and much of the research in the field was published as white papers, often as part of Joint FAO-IAEA research contracts.