subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"
part_code: "179"
part_subject: "IRRADIATION IN THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND HANDLING OF FOOD"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Radiation and Radiation Sources"
section_number: "179.30"
section_subject: "Radiofrequency radiation for the heating of food, including microwave frequencies."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 179.30"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 170 to 199"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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Radiofrequency radiation, including microwave frequencies, may be safely used for heating food under the following conditions:
(a)The radiation source consists of electronic equipment producing radio waves with specific frequencies for this purpose authorized by the Federal Communications Commission.
(b)The radiation is used or intended for use in the production of heat in food wherever heat is necessary and effective in the treatment or processing of food.