As for the meats, a protest was cried @ 3 cents a pound. Many grocers signed on for ground beef at those prices, but the installations never took place due to inability to raise capital and some very questionable accounting practices on the part of Surebeam and Titan.
In the 80’s there were only two companies that manufactured irradiation equipment High Voltage Engineering and RDI. No longer in business. If the crying crowd had not been so vocal both of those companies would still be in business because they were innovators.