A survey on genetically modified maize in foods commercialised in Portugal

Food Control

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 338-344

  Fernandes, Telmo J R ^a   Amaral, Joana S ^a,b   Oliveira, M Beatriz P P ^a   Mafra, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

GMO detection; Processed foods; Quantification; Real time PCR; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882599655     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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