Irradiation of food, current legislation framework, and detection of irradiated foods

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-252

  Stefanova, Rayna ^a   Vasilev, Nikola V ^b   Spassov, Stefan L ^c  

^a National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Analytical Methods; Irradiated Foods; Legislation; Review

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77954953020     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-009-9118-8     Document Type: Article

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