> There are chilean companies selling pollen to Canada. Non of it is irradiated.

In Chile, perhaps, but my understanding is that if it is for bee feed, the importer must have it irradiated once it is landed  here in Canada in a known facility at recognised and accepted Canadian radiation doses.  

No sensible Canadian beekeeper would feed unradiated pollen from any source, including oftentimes even pollen produced in one's own outfit.  Although not too long ago, people would feed un-radiated pollen without thinking, in recent years, people have come to recognise that -- no matter how good the source--  the possibility of spreading one bee disease or another amounts to a virtual certainty.

We are assured, however, that after electron-beam radiation treatment in a certified facility and according to recommendation, that the pollen is still as nutritious as before, but that the possibility of disease transmission is eliminated.

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