Survey of ethyl carbamate in fermented foods sold in the United Kingdom in 2004

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2755-2759

  Hasnip, Sarah ^a   Crews, Colin ^a   Potter, Nicholas ^a   Christy, Julie ^a   Chan, Danny ^a   Bondu, Thomas ^a   Matthews, Wendy ^b   Walters, Barry ^b   Patel, Krishna ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethyl carbamate; Fermented foods; Urethane

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; URETHAN;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SOYBEAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CARCINOGENS; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; SOY FOODS; URETHANE;

GLYCINE MAX; OLEACEAE;

EID: 34247200894     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf063121c     Document Type: Article

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