New fish on the German market: Consumer protection against fraud by identification of species

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-53

  Rehbein, Hartmut ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fish species identification; Isoelectric focusing; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

LIMANDA ASPERA; PANGASIUS; PANGASIUS HYPOPHTHALMUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; REINHARDTIUS STOMIAS;

EID: 40549102200     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-007-0301-9     Document Type: Article

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