加拿大修订食品药品条例中辐照食品的相关规定

Amendments

1 (1) Subsections B.01.035(1), (2), (4), (6) and (9) of the Food and Drug Regulations (see footnote 1) are amended by replacing “Column I” with “column 1”.

(2) Subsection B.01.035(7) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(7) The label attached to a shipping container that contains a food set out in column 1 of the table to Division 26 that has been subjected to the maximum absorbed dose set out in column 5 shall carry the statement that is required by subsection (3) and the statement “Do not irradiate again.”.

2 The heading “Définitions” before section B.26.001 of the French version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

Interprétation

3 Section B.26.001 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

B.26.001 In this Division, irradiation means treatment with ionizing radiation.

4 Subsection B.26.003(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(2) A food that is set out in column 1 of the table to this Division that has been irradiated may be sold if both of the following requirements are met:

• (a) the ionizing radiation is of a type and from a source set out in column 2 for the purpose of irradiation set out in column 3; and
• (b) the ionizing radiation that is absorbed by the food is either within the range set out in columns 4 and 5 or, if there is no minimum absorbed dose set out in column 4, is not more than the maximum absorbed dose set out in column 5.

5 Section B.26.004 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

B.26.004 (1) A manufacturer who sells a food that has been irradiated shall keep on their premises, for at least two years after the date of the irradiation, a record that contains all of the following information:

• (a) the name of the food that was irradiated and the quantity and lot numbers of the food;
• (b) the purpose of the irradiation;
• (c) the date of the irradiation;
• (d) the dose of ionizing radiation that was absorbed by the food;
• (e) the type and source of the ionizing radiation;
• (f) a statement that indicates whether the food was previously irradiated and, if it was previously irradiated, the information referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) in respect of that previous irradiation.

(2) A person who imports a food for sale in Canada that has been irradiated shall keep on their premises, for at least two years after the date of importation, a record of the information required by subsection (1).

6 Paragraph B.26.005(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

• (a) the purpose and details of the proposed irradiation — including the type and source of the ionizing radiation — and the proposed number of treatments and the minimum and maximum absorbed doses of the ionizing radiation;

7 The table to Division 26 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

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