Risk assessment of synthetic food colours: a case study in Hyderabad, India

International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-87

  Rao, Pratima ^a   Sudershan, R V ^b  

^a International Life Sciences Institute of Europe   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptable Daily Intake; ADI; codex alimentarius commission; dietary exposure; erythrosine; non permitted food colours; PFA; Prevention of Food Adulteration; risk; sunset yellow; synthetic food colours; tartrazine

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149099184     PISSN: 14793911     EISSN: 1479392X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2008.018857     Document Type: Article

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