Novel foods: An explorative study into their grey area

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1270-1277

  Verhagen, Hans ^a   te Boekhorst, Janneke ^b   Kamps, Lisette ^b   van Lieshout, Marten J ^b   Ploeger, Hilko ^b   Verreth, Daphne ^b   Salminen, Seppo ^c   van Loveren, Henk ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

European Union Regulation 258 97; Food safety; Grey areas; Novel foods

Indexed keywords

FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; NOVEL FOOD; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; LAW; SAFETY; STANDARD;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD;

EID: 67649360168     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508184690     Document Type: Review

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