Surveys of aflatoxin B1 contamination of retail Turkish foods and of products intended for export between 2007 and 2009

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-125

  Ulca, P ^a   Evcimen, M K ^a   Senyuva, H Z ^b  

^a A and T Food Laboratory   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Bakery products; Biscuits; Cereals and grain; Cocoa; Cooked foods; Dried fruit; Ingredients

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

AFLATOXIN B1;

ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CATERING SERVICE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGY; NUT; TURKEY;

AFLATOXIN B1; CEREALS; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; FUNGI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; NUTS; TURKEY;

EID: 77953646643     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2010.493619     Document Type: Article

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