Well Kevin it has been proven that snakes get more energy from, and digest easier, food that has been cooked. However, the level and type of radiation, and duration of irradiation, does not affect the food at all. It simply damages the DNA of microorganisms, affectively killing it or at least preventing it from reproducing. And Hollis, one would be very foolish, or least misguided to believe that wild mice would be better than irradiated mice from this company. Wild mice are almost always infested with internal parasites.

I wouldn't even send the recalled mice back, or destroy them. I just wouldn't handle them and I'd bleach surfaces, tongs, etc. after contact. That is all that is needed. Wearing neoprene gloves when feeding isn't a bad idea either.