Food for thought... on food safety testing;Vor- und nachdenkliches... zur sicherheitsprüfung von nahrungsmitteln

Altex

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-265

  Hartung, Thomas ^a   Koëter, Herman ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

AWARENESS; CONSUMER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIMENTATION; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; MARKETING; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING;

EID: 64849117512     PISSN: 09467785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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