Determination of maximum/minimum ratio of absorbed dose of dried figs

In the framework of an FAO/IAEA project, the ECB dosimeter and STERIN-125 and STERIN-300 dosimeters have been used for dose measurement in the dried figs packs. They were irradiated in our Gamma Irradiation Plant and were given 6 kGy dose. It was observed that all Sterin label dose indicators became very dark after a 6 kGy dose and the absorbance could not be measured with UV spectrophotometer. Therefore these label dose indicators were separately irradiated between 10-700 Gy doses by gamma rays to establish the dose sensitive curve of these indicators. After the irradiation of ECB dosimeter which is located in dried fig packs, we found the Dose Uniformity Ratio as 1.4 according to bulk density of 0.62 gr/cc. (author)