Foodmonitoring and control for environmental contaminants

Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-169

  Rose, Martin ^a   Thomson, Barbara ^b   Jensen, Anne Mette ^c   Giorgi, Liana ^d   Schulz, Claudia ^e  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d ICCR   (Austria)

^e Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental contaminants; Food safety; Harmonization; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867373015     PISSN: 17578361     EISSN: 1757837X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-837X.2009.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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