The centennial of U.S. food safety law: A legal and administrative history

Toward Safer Food: Perspectives on Risk and Priority Setting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 23-43

  Merrill, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781936331529     Document Type: Chapter

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