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Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 February 1999 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) This Directive shall apply to the manufacture, marketing and...

  3. Article 2.Member States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that...

  4. Article 3.(1) The conditions which must be fulfilled for authorisation of...

  5. Article 4.(1) The Community list of foodstuffs which may be treated...

  6. Article 5.(1) The maximum radiation dose for foodstuffs may be given...

  7. Article 6.The labelling of foodstuffs treated with ionising radiation shall be...

  8. Article 7.(1) Member States shall inform the Commission of the competent...

  9. Article 8.(1) Irradiation facilities approved in accordance with Article 7 must,...

  10. Article 9.(1) A foodstuff treated with ionising radiation may not be...

  11. Article 10.Materials used for packaging foodstuffs to be irradiated must be...

  12. Article 11.Amendments to the Annexes to take account of scientific and...

  13. Article 12.(1) The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee...

  14. Article 13.The Scientific Committee for Food shall be consulted on any...

  15. Article 14.(1) Where a Member State, as a result of new...

  16. Article 15.Member States shall bring into force their laws, regulations and...

  17. Article 16.This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day...

  18. Article 17.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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      ANNEX I

      CONDITIONS FOR AUTHORISING FOOD IRRADIATION

      1. 1. Food irradiation may be authorised only if:

      2. 2. Food irradiation may be used only for the following purposes:...

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      ANNEX II

      SOURCES OF IONISING RADIATION

      1. Foodstuffs may be treated only by the following sources of...

      2. gamma rays from radionuclides 60Co or 137Cs; X-rays generated from...

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      ANNEX III

      1. 1. DOSIMETRY

      2. 2. PROCEDURES

        1. 2.1. Before routine irradiation of a given category of foodstuff begins...

        2. 2.2. Measurements must be repeated whenever the product, its geometry or...

        3. 2.3. During the process, routine dose measurements are carried out in...

        4. 2.4. Routine dose measurements must be carried out on each batch...

        5. 2.5. In cases where flowing, non-packaged goods are irradiated, the locations...

        6. 2.6. Dose measurements should be carried out by using recognised dosimetry...

        7. 2.7. During irradiation, certain facility parameters must be controlled and continuously...

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