[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR179.41]

[Page 444]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 179_IRRADIATION IN THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND HANDLING OF 
FOOD--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_Radiation and Radiation Sources
 
Sec. 179.41  Pulsed light for the treatment of food.

    Pulsed light may be safely used for treatment of foods under the 
following conditions:
    (a) The radiation sources consist of xenon flashlamps designed to 
emit broadband radiation consisting of wavelengths covering the range of 
200 to 1,100 nanometers (nm), and operated so that the pulse duration is 
no longer than 2 milliseconds (msec);
    (b) The treatment is used for surface microorganism control;
    (c) Foods treated with pulsed light shall receive the minimum 
treatment reasonably required to accomplish the intended technical 
effect; and
    (d) The total cumulative treatment shall not exceed 12.0 Joules/
square centimeter (J/cm\2\.)

[61 FR 42383, Aug. 15, 1996]