[ RadSafe ] USDA Doc on Xrays

[Edward Tupin]

I forwarded the info below to radiation safety at USDA. Will let you know what response I get. It appears to me to be an internal document for USDA use. 
Remember, US gov agencies are bound by state regulations on using radiation producing electronic machines so they need to have similar agency specific policy documents.
Ed TupinEdtupin @ yahoo.com

  1. Anyone familiar with USDA and/or homeland security?
      (Ted de Castro)
  2. Re: Anyone familiar with USDA and/or homeland security?
      (Chris Alston)
  3. Fwd: Anyone familiar with USDA and/or homeland security?
      (Chris Alston)
https://www.dm.usda.gov/ohsec/rsd/xpe.htm#axe

Clients stumbled onto this website and think its some new requirements 
for analytical x-ray machines - it appears to me to be an internal 
document and not a regulatory document.

Can anyone clear this up for me?


Ted de Castro


Ted

It’s an internal regulatory document of the USDA.

Cheers
ca
> On Jun 25, 2018, at 10:13 PM, Ted de Castro <tdc at xrayted.com> wrote:
> https://www.dm.usda.gov/ohsec/rsd/xpe.htm#axe
> Clients stumbled onto this website and think its some new requirements for analytical x-ray machines - it appears to me to be an internal document and not a regulatory document.
> Can anyone clear this up for me?
> Ted de Castro


Yes, it’s seriously dated.  For instance, it apparently doesn’t recognize the existence of handheld XRF devices that use x-ray tubes instead of radioactive sources.

Cheers
ca
> Begin forwarded message:
> From: Ted de Castro <tdc at xrayted.com>
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Anyone familiar with USDA and/or homeland security?
> Date: June 26, 2018 at 12:10:45 AM EDT
> To: Chris Alston <achris1999 at gmail.com>
> Thank-you so much!!  That's certainly how it read!
> BTW - considering the provisions - they must have some very old analytical x-ray machines - and not have the fortitude to enclose them all like I did at LBL to fix the problems once and for all. Thanks
> On 6/25/2018 8:34 PM, Chris Alston wrote:  Ted It’s an internal regulatory document of the USDA.
>> Cheers
>> ca
>> On Jun 25, 2018, at 10:13 PM, Ted de Castro <tdc at xrayted.com> <mailto:tdc at xrayted.com> wrote:https://www.dm.usda.gov/ohsec/rsd/xpe.htm#axe <https://www.dm.usda.gov/ohsec/rsd/xpe.htm#axe>Clients stumbled onto this website and think its some new requirements for analytical x-ray machines - it appears to me to be an internal document and not a regulatory document.


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