Current Legislation of Market Milks

Milk Processing and Quality Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 101-138

  Hickey, M ^a  

^a Charleville Family Practice   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Codex Alimentarius and General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) and Food Category System (FCS); Consumption of drinking milk by fat content in EU countries; Current legislation of market milks; EU legislation; Heat treatment requirements under EU hygiene legislation; Irish legislation Compendium of Food Law in Ireland; Legislation and hygiene food safety standards in EU, UK, Ireland and USA; Raw milk supply criteria in EU legislation; UK legislation; USA legislation United States Public Health Service (USPHS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889809823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301649.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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