Review of international food classification and description

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-538

  Ireland, Jayne D ^a   Møller, Anders ^b  

^a Informatics Centre for Food Quality   (France)

^b Danish Food Administration   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Codex alimentarius; Eurocode 2; Food classification; Food description; INFOODSIIS; Langual

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001291208     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfca.2000.0921     Document Type: Review

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