Precision in nutritional information declarations on food labels in Australia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-458

  Fabiansson, Stefan U ^a,b  

^a NSW Food Authority   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical precision; Australia; Food standards; Nutrition labelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PACKAGING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD LABELING; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITION POLICY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845458933     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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