Petition(s): FAP 9M4696

Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food

• Petitioner: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-1999-F-1267 (1999F-5322)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the food additive regulations to increase the maximum dose of ionizing radiation permitted in the treatment of poultry products, to include specific language intended to clarify the poultry products covered by the regulations, and to remove the limitation that any packaging used during irradiation of poultry shall not exclude oxygen.
• 21 CFR* affected: 179.26 Ionizing radiation for the treatment of food.
• Federal Register publication history: Dec 21, 1999 64 FR 71461 Notice ; Nov 30, 2012 77 FR 71316 Final Rule Nov 30, 2012

 

*Definitions

• 21 CFR: Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Substance: The name of the substance listed in the CFR.
• CAS Registry® No.: Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number® for the substance.
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