Principles for the safety evaluation of flavouring substances

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 529-540

  Munro, I C ^a   Shubik, P ^b   Hall, R ^c  

^a CanTox Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVORING AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE;

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; FLAVORING AGENTS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032100545     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(98)00016-7     Document Type: Review

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