Current activities in food irradiation as a sanitary and phytosanitary treatment in the Asia and the Pacific Region and a comparison with advanced countries

Food Control

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 345-359

  Ihsanullah, I ^a   Rashid, Azhar ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NIFA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Asia and Pacific Region; Facilities; Food irradiation; Member states; Quantities irradiated; Regional cooperation agreement; Regulations; Worldwide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961267006     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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