Food Safety and Increasing Hazard of Mycotoxin Occurrence in Foods and Feeds

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 887-901

  Stoev, Stoycho D ^a  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

feed additives; Food safety; hygiene control; mycotoxicoses; mycotoxins; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; CHEMICAL METHOD; FEED ADDITIVES; HUMAN HEALTH; HYGIENE CONTROL; MYCOTOXICOSES; MYCOTOXINS; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; POST HARVESTING;

DECONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARDS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

RISK ASSESSMENT; FOOD SAFETY;

MYCOTOXIN;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; DECONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84879525846     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.571800     Document Type: Article

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