Presence of genetically modified maize and soy in food products sold commercially in Brazil from 2000 to 2005

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-505

  Greiner, Ralf ^a   Konietzny, Ursula ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection method; GM maize; GM soy; Polymerase chain reaction; Transgenic food

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36048982906     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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