Legal and illegal colours

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages S64-S69

  Larsen, John Chr ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLOR; CRIME; PEPTIDES; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES;

EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; EXTERNAL EXPERTS; FLAVOURINGS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PROCESSING AIDS; RE-EVALUATION; SODIUM BENZOATE; WORKING GROUPS;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

EID: 55249101467     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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