Food safety regulation: Reforming the delaney clause

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue , 1997, Pages 313-340

  Merrill, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030978225     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.313     Document Type: Review

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