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Policy on Eating
and Drinking in the Laboratory
Food and beverage consumption and/or storage is strictly PROHIBITED
in laboratories,
laboratory refrigerators and freezers, and/or radioactive material use
areas. Eating and drinking is permited in authorized areas only,
outside of laboratories and rad material use areas.
Empty food and beverage containers brought into a radioisotope lab
and/or disposed of into lab trash containers will be regarded as a
violation of this policy.
All food and beverage containers must be disposed of in an outside
trash receptacle
prior to entring a posted area or a laboratory. The NRC will
interpret the presence of wrappers and containers as evidence of
consumption and they have issued citations for such violations.
Food/beverages or food/beverage containers that are used for
experimental purposes (not for human consumption), need to be clearly
marked as "NOT FOR HUMAN USE", and disposed of accordingly
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