Moulds and mycotoxins in rice from the Swedish retail market

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 527-533

  Fredlund, E ^a   Thim, A M ^a   Gidlund, A ^a   Brostedt, S ^a   Nyberg, M ^a   Olsen, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Basmati rice; Jasmine rice; Mould; Ochratoxin A; Retail

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLADOSPORIUM; EPICOCCUM; EUROTIUM; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MARKET; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RICE; SWEDEN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRICHOTECIUM; WALLEMIA;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CLADOSPORIUM; EPICOCCUM; EUROTIUM; JASMINUM; PENICILLIUM; WALLEMIA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMMERCE; FUNGI; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MYCOTOXINS; ORYZA SATIVA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67651098796     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802562912     Document Type: Article

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