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  "legislation_title": "The Food (Control of Irradiation) Regulations 1990",
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  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Free standing conditions",
  "text": "The licence shall prohibit the licensee from subjecting any batch of food to treatment by ionising radiation from any source other than the following—\n(a) gamma rays from the radionuclide 60 Co;\n(b) gamma rays from the radionuclide 137 Cs;\n(c) X rays generated from machine sources operated at or below an energy level of 5 MeV;\n(d) electrons generated from machine sources operated at or below an energy level of 10 MeV.",
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