Comparison of EU and US law on sustainable food processing

RSC Green Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 11-92

  Roberts, Michael T ^a   Leibovitch, Emilie H ^a  

^a Chaussée de Waterloo 690 ^*  (Belgium)

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