Microbiological methods - The Australian perspective

Food Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Fleet, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian food law; Food law; Microbiological methods; Validation of microbiological methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030078430     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-7135(96)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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