Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations 1987.

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety Radiation Processing/handling Offences/penalties Treated food Standards

Geographical area

Europe, Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Southern Europe

Entry into force notes

These Regulations entered into force on 1 August 1987.

Abstract

These Regulations, as regards the territory of Gibraltar, are setting the food safety standards and issues related to the safe and controlled treatment and trade of foodstuff for human consumption if treated with ionizing radiation (electromagnetic radiation or corpuscular radiation capable of producing ions and emitted from a radio-active substance or from a machine or apparatus that is intended to produce the same, or from a machine or apparatus in which charged particles are accelerated by a voltage of not less than five kilovolts).

Full text

English

Website

www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi

References - Legislation

Implements

Food and drugs Act.

Legislation | Gibraltar (UK) | 1964 (2007)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Fraud, Offences/penalties, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Drugs, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Liability/compensation, Enforcement/compliance, Milk/dairy products, Registration, Toxicity/poisoning, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX