GB 14891.5-1997Hygienic standard for irradiated fresh fruits and vegetables (English PDF)

Foreword

This standard has been formulated on the basis of the hygienic standards for individual irradiated foods established during the Sixth and Seventh Five-Year Plan periods, with reference to the guidelines on food irradiation of international organisations such as FAO/WHO/IAEA and with relevant domestic and foreign data collected. The research underlying hygienic standards by food class is fairly complete and systematic and is relatively advanced internationally, and the human feeding trials of irradiated foods have had a certain influence internationally. Formulating standards by food class therefore saves manpower and financial resources, while broadening the range of foods covered and increasing the usefulness of the standards.

From the date of its implementation this standard replaces ZB C53 001-84 Hygienic standard for irradiated garlic, ZB C53 003-84 Hygienic standard for irradiated mushrooms, ZB C53 004-84 Hygienic standard for irradiated potatoes, ZB C53 006-84 Hygienic standard for irradiated onions, GB 9980-88 Hygienic standard for irradiated apples, GB 14891.5-94 Hygienic standard for irradiated tomatoes, GB 14891.7-94 Hygienic standard for irradiated litchi and GB 14891.8-94 Hygienic standard for irradiated mandarin oranges.

This standard was proposed by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China and is under the technical responsibility of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene of the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine.

This standard was drafted by the Shanghai Municipal Institute for Food Hygiene Supervision and Inspection, the Irradiation Base of the Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Henan Provincial Institute for Food Hygiene Supervision and Inspection.

Main drafters of this standard: Zhang Weilan, Jiang Peizhen, Xu Zhicheng, Ma Luocheng, Wang Peiren.

This standard is interpreted by the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, the technical focal unit entrusted by the Ministry of Health.

Approved by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China on 1997-06-16; implemented on 1998-01-01.

Classification: ICS 67.080.20, CCS C 53.

1 Scope

This standard specifies the technical requirements and test methods for irradiated fresh fruits and vegetables.

This standard applies to fresh fruits and vegetables treated, for the purposes of inhibiting sprouting, preserving freshness in storage or delaying ripening to extend shelf life, with gamma-rays produced by Co-60 or Cs-137, X-rays of energy below 5 MeV or electron beams of energy below 10 MeV.

2 Normative references

The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this standard, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties using this standard should investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards listed below.

GB 2763-81 Standard for residue limits of BHC and DDT in grains, vegetables and other foods

GB 4788-94 Maximum residue limits of phorate, fenitrothion and fenthion in foods

GB 4809-84 Tolerance limit of fluorine in foods

GB 4810-94 Hygienic standard for tolerance limit of arsenic in foods

GB 5009.11-1996 Determination of total arsenic in foods

GB 5009.18-1996 Determination of fluorine in foods

GB 5009.19-1996 Determination of BHC and DDT residues in foods

GB 5009.20-1996 Determination of organophosphorus pesticide residues in foods

GB 5127-85 Residue limits of dichlorvos, dimethoate, malathion and parathion in foods

3 Technical requirements

4 Test methods