Patterns of food frauds and adulterations reported in the EU rapid alarm system for food and feed and in Finland

Food Control

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-184

  Tähkäpää, Satu ^a   Maijala, Riitta ^a,b   Korkeala, Hannu ^a   Nevas, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Ministry of Education and Culture   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food adulteration; Food control; Food fraud; Food recalls; Illegal trade; RASFF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904490607     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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