# Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2012-11-30 · Effective 2012-11-30 · 77 FR 71316
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-28968
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 71316
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 179
- **Publication date:** 2012-11-30
- **Effective date:** 2012-11-30
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-1999-F-1267 (Formerly Docket No. 1999F-5322)
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to increase the maximum dose of ionizing radiation permitted in the treatment of poultry products, to include specific language intended to clarify the poultry products covered by the regulations, and to remove the limitation that any packaging used during irradiation of poultry shall not exclude oxygen. This action is in response to a petition filed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/11/30/2012-28968/irradiation-in-the-production-processing-and-handling-of-food)
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