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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 article 1 CELEX: 01999L0002-20081211 1. This Directive shall apply to the manufacture, marketing and importation of foods and food ingredients, hereinafter called ‘foodstuffs’, treated with ionising radiation. 2. This Directive shall not apply to: (a) foodstuffs exposed to ionising radiation generated by measuring or inspection devices, provided that the dose absorbed is not greater than 0,01 Gy for inspection devices which utilise neutrons and 0,5 Gy in other cases, at a maximum radiation energy level of 10 MeV in the case of X-rays, 14 MeV in the case of neutrons and 5 MeV in other cases; (b) the irradiation of foodstuffs which are prepared for patients requiring sterile diets under medical supervision. |