The oil extracted from the irradiated fried be an curd possessed the strongest i rradiation odor.The paper chromatographic tech nique employed was found not to be an efficient means of detecting the influences of irradiati on. The ultraviolet ab-sorption spectra observed with the irradiated somples were not in accord with the results of chemical analyses, but kmax at 253, 258 and 230 mμ appeared to be of some significance in relation to the effect of irradiation.
