Food safety and food labeling from the viewpoint of the consumers

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 532-537

  Watanabe, Shaw ^a,b   Melby, Melissa ^b   Aiba, Naomi ^b  

^a Life Science Promoting Association   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food for specified use (FOSHU); Food labelling; Food safety; Functional food factor (FFF); Functional nutriology

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSUMER; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POISONING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD LABELING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 77649244554     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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