Survey of aflatoxins in chillies from pakistan produced in rural, semi-rural and urban environments

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 268-274

  Iqbal, S Z ^a,b   Paterson, R R M ^c   Bhatti, I A ^a   Asi, M R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Ingredients

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; EUROPEAN UNION LIMITS; INGREDIENTS; MEAN VALUES; PAKISTAN; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

AFLATOXINS;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; CARCINOGEN;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PAKISTAN; PEPPER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; CAPSICUM; CARCINOGENS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649582508     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2010.520341     Document Type: Article

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