Justifying the need to prescribe limits for toxic metal contaminants in food-grade silver foils

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1219-1223

  Das, Mukul ^a   Dixit, S ^a   Khanna, S K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium foils leafs; Food grade; Metal contaminants; Silver foils leafs

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FOOD ADDITIVE; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; SILVER;

ALUMINUM FOIL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FOIL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; NICKEL; SILVER;

EID: 31344434780     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500215235     Document Type: Article

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