European priorities for research to support legislation in the area of food contact materials and articles

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-127

  Gilbert, John ^a   Rossi, Luigi ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

And; Board; Ceramics; Contact; Food; Glass; Legislation; Materials; Metals; Migration; Packaging; Paper; Plastics; Recycling; Regulations; Research; Rubber

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYMER; RUBBER;

EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; INTERNET; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; WOOD;

EID: 0033980991     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026520300283621     Document Type: Article

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