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The
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CONTENTS |
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Short title and commencement |
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2 |
Definitions |
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3 |
Types of ionizing to be used |
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4 |
Licenses |
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5 |
Hygiene and scope of food to be treated |
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Conditions for treatment |
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Packaging requirements |
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8 |
Re-irradiation |
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9 |
Labelling |
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Dosimetry method |
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Inventory Control |
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12 |
Inspection |
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Insurance of certificate for irradiation food items |
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Issuance of certificate for irradiated food items |
The
5th March, 1996
In
exercise powers conferred by section 8 of the Pakistan Nuclear Safety and radiation
Protection Ordinance, 1984 (IV of I 984). Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission is
pleased to make the following regulations namely:---
1.
Short title and commencement:---
(1) These regulations may be called Pakistan Nuclear
Safety and Radiation Protection (Treatment of Food Ionizing Radiation)
Regulations, 1996.
(2) These regulations extend to the whole of
(3) These regulations shall come into force at once.
(1) In these regulations unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context:---
(i) ‘food’ shall have the same meaning as given in Pure
Food Ordinance, 1960.
(ii) ‘ionizing radiation’ shall have the same meaning as
in Pakistan Nuclear Society and Radiation Protection Ordinance, 1984 (IV of
1984).
(iii) ‘treatment’ means treatment of food by ionizing
radiation.
(iv) ‘irradiation’ means subjected to treatment, and
(v) ‘schedule’ means schedule to these regulations.
(2) The words and expressions used in these regulations
not defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Pakistan
Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Ordinance, 1984 (iv of 1984).
3. Types of ionizing to be used:---
(1) The following types of ionizing shall be used
namely,---
(a) gamma rays from radionuclides Co-60 and Cs.137,
(b) X-rays generated from radiation apparatus operated at
or below an energy level of 5 Mev; and
(c) Electrons emitted from radiation apparatus operated at
or below an energy level of 10 Mev.
(2) The over all average dose absorbed by a food
subjected to treatment shall not exceed ten kilogray (kGy).
(1) No person, unless he obtains a License from the
Directorate of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, shall,---
(a) carry out the business of treatment; and
(b) manufacture and prepare food for treatment provided
that the selling and distributing of such food shall be exempt from the
provisions of licensing
(2) No person shall treat any food other than the foods
specified in Schedule-1 and only foods which fall within one of seven permitted
classes of food specified in that Schedule shall be treated However, the mixture
of food from the same class, for example a blend of herbs and spices may be
treated
(3) Every application for a License mentioned in
sub-clause (a) of clause (1) shall be made as prescribed by regulations 11 of
Pakistan Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Regulations, 1990 alongwith a
deposit receipt of the License fee specified in Schedule-1 of the said
Regulations and for License fee as specified in Schedule-II
(4) Every irradiation facility used for the treatment
shall be,---
(a) designed to meet the requirements of safety, efficacy
and good hygienic practices of food processing, and
(b) Staffed by adequate, trained and competent personnel.
5. Hygiene and scope of food to be treated:---
Food to be treated shall be good quality, acceptable
hygienic condition and shall be handled before and after the treatment
according to good manufacturing practices taking into account the particular
requirements of the technology of the process.
6. Conditions for treatment:---
(1) The treatment shall be permissible when it fulfills
the technological need or serves a good hygiene purpose.
(2) The treatment shall no be used as substitute for good
manufacturing.
7. Packaging requirements: The packaging material
shall be of suitable quality, acceptable hygienic condition and according to
the requirements of the facility prior to its treatment.
(1) Except for foods with low moisture content (cereals,
pulses, dehydrated food and other such commodities) treated, for the purpose of
controlling insect reinfestation, the foods once irradiated shall not be
re-irradiated.
(2) For the purpose of these regulations food shall not
be considered as having been re-irradiated when,---
(a) the food prepared from materials which have been
treated at low dose levels e.g about 1 kGy, is treated for another
technological purpose;
(b) the food, containing less than 5 percent of
irradiated ingredient, is irradiated, or
(c) the full dose of ionizing radiation required to
achieve the desired effect is applied to the food in more than one instalments
as part of processing for a specific technological purposes.
(3) The cumulative over-all average dose absorbed shall
not exceed ten kGy as a result of re-irradiation.
9. Labelling: Every package of food treated shall be
marked with,---
(a) the words ‘Food irradiated by ionizing radiation,
(b) the green LOGO as prescribed in the Schedule-III, and
(c) a statement ‘Not to be re-irradiated.
(I ) A radiation dosimetric monitoring at the facility
shall be provided by the licensee, which shall state the methods of dosimetry
and frequency of calibration of dosimeters to be approved by the Directorate of
Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection.
(2) The doses applied shall be commensurate with the
technological and public health purposes and shall be in accordance with good
radiation treatment practice as given in Schedule-1.
(i) The licensee shall maintain the record showing,---
(a) date of treatment,
(b) name, quality and quantity of food treated,
(c) dose of treatment;
(d) the dosimetry during treatment, and
(e) type of package used for food;
(2) The processing record shall be kept for a minimum of
three years post irradiation and shall be made available to the authorized
Inspector concerned, on demand.
(1) The inspectors of Directorate of Nuclear Safety and
Radiation Protection shall enforce the provisions of radiation safety and shall
carry out regular inspections.
(2) Premises and records shall be open for inspection to
Inspectors of Directorate of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection by the
management of the facility.
13. Insurance of certificate for irradiation food items:---
The licensee shall issue to the owner of the product a
certificate to be labelled on each batch of food treated showing the
following,---
(a) code number of the irradiation,
(b) License Number issued by the Directorate of Nuclear
safety and Radiation Protection,
(c) Name and quantity of the product;
(d) The date of irradiation,
(e) The purpose of irradiation,
(f) Source and dose of irradiation, and
(g) Expiry date of food irradiated.
14. Issuance of certificate for irradiated food items:---
(1) No person shall import or export any food, which has
been treated unless he obtains no objection certificate (NOC) from Directorate
of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection.
(2) No objection certificate (NOC) for import shall not
be issued to any person unless he produces a certificate from the relevant
competent authority or the country of origin showing that the food to be
imported was treated in conformity with the doses specified in Schedule-1.
(3) No objection certificate (NOC) for export shall not
be issued to any person unless Directorate of Nuclear Safety and Radiation
Protection is satisfied that the food to be exported was subjected to treatment
in licensed facility in conformity with the doses specified in Schedule-II.
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