Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

Article 8 U.K.

1. Irradiation facilities approved in accordance with Article 7 must, for each source of ionising radiation used, keep a record showing for each batch of foodstuffs treated:

(a) the nature and quantity of foodstuffs irradiated;

(b) the batch number;

(c) the person ordering the irradiation treatment;

(d) the recipient of the treated foodstuffs;

(e) the date of irradiation;

(f) the packaging materials used during treatment;

(g) the data for control of the irradiation process as provided for in Annex III, the dosimetric checks carried out and the results obtained, with details in particular of the limits, lower and upper, of the dose absorbed and the type of ionising radiation;

(h) reference to the initial dose validation measurements.

2. The records referred to in paragraph 1 must be kept for a period of five years.

3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in [F1 Article 12(2)].

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One.