Life Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040) Implementation in Foods of Animal and Plant Origin: Review

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1253-1282

  Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S ^a   Kotsanopoulos, Konstantinos V ^a   Veikou, Agapi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

agricultural products; applications in foods of animal plant origin; dairy products; fish; ISO 14040; Life cycle assessment; meat; milk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ANIMALS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FISH; MEATS; OILS AND FATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; ISO 14040; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MILK; PLANT ORIGIN;

LIFE CYCLE;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CROP; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; GREAT BRITAIN; HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS; MEAT; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894362356     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2011.631170     Document Type: Review

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