European union legislation on mycotoxins in food and feed: Overview of the decision-making process and recent and future developments

Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health and Agricultural Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-99

  Verstraete, Frans ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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