Stakeholders' perception of the nutrition and health claim regulation

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-328

  De Boer, Alie ^a   Bast, Aalt ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bioactive compounds; Biomarker; Functional food; Health food; Healthy benefits; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH; HUMAN; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; SCIENCE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; SCIENCE;

EID: 84929195171     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2014.986071     Document Type: Article

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