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Paragraph 5

England, Wales and Scotland

No licensee shall irradiate food save with—

(a)

gamma rays from the radionuclide 60Co;

(b)

gamma rays from the radionuclide 137Cs;

(c)

X-rays generated from machine sources operated at or below an energy level of 5 MeV; or

(d)

electrons generated from machine sources operated at or below an energy level of 10MeV.