Survey of dry pasta for Ochratoxin A in Canada

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 890-893

  Winnie, N G ^a   Mankotia, Mohan ^a   Pantazopoulos, Peter ^a   Neil, Robert J ^a   Scott, Peter M ^b   Lau, Ben P Y ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 64749114660     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-72.4.890     Document Type: Article

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