A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) on some food products

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Roy, Poritosh ^a   Nei, Daisuke ^a   Orikasa, Takahiro ^a   Xu, Qingyi ^a   Okadome, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Nobutaka ^a   Shiina, Takeo ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emissions; Food; LCA; Life cycle; Produce

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CANNING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION; DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; FOOD SECURITY; HOT SPOTTING; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION SHARING; INTERNATIONAL (CO); INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA)); POLICY MAKERS; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; RECENT DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

AGRICULTURE; EMISSION; FOOD; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LABELING; LABELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRESERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

EID: 48549096872     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.06.016     Document Type: Review

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