Commercial use of rapid mycotoxin test kits: Significance and potential harmonisation issues

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-220

  Alldrick, A J ^a   Van Egmond, H P ^b   Solfrizzo, M ^c  

^a CAMPDEN BRI   (United Kingdom)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food processing industry; Food safety; HACCP; Rapid methods; Risk

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; VOMITOXIN;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350324884     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2009.1139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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