Assessment of Radioactivity in Canned Food Products from Al-Bayda, Libya

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the level of nuclear radiation contamination in canned food products collected from local markets in Al-Bayda, Libya. Samples were categorized into locally produced and imported goods, and their radiation levels were measured both externally and internally using a Geiger-Müller counter. The results indicated uniformly low activity, with measured values ranging from 0.00 to 0.076 counts per second (count/sec) across all samples. These findings confirm that the radiation levels in the tested products are minimal and fall significantly below established safety thresholds. The study concludes that the selected canned foods pose no immediate radiological health risk to consumers, providing a preliminary safety assessment for the local market.