Compatibility of the SAFE FOODS risk analysis framework with the legal and institutional settings of the EU and the WTO

Food Control

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1638-1652

  König, Ariane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codex Alimentarius Commission; European Union food law; Food safety; Risk analysis; World Trade Organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956401135     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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