Economic implications of low-level presence in a zero-tolerance European import market: The case of Canadian triffid flax

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Ryan, Camille D ^a   Smyth, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flax; Genetic modification; International trade; Low level presence

Indexed keywords

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 84865955602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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