The Matrix of Food Safety Regulations: What ends up on your plate is affected by many agencies, and today's food technologist needs to be a combination of scientist, lawyer, and regulator to understand the complex matrix of food safety regulations under state and federal authority

Food Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 60-76

  Looney, Jake W ^a   Crandall, Philip G ^a   Poole, Anita K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Washington County   (United States)

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EID: 0042919349     PISSN: 00156639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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