Making and justifying health claims

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-324

  Lalor, Fiona ^a   Wall, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

EFSA; Functional foods; Health claims; Nutrition claims

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880444668     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: 14710307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12089     Document Type: Review

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