Certification, labelling and traceability of palm oil: Can we build confidence from trustworthy standards?

OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Rival, Alain ^a   Montet, Didier ^b   Pioch, Daniel ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UMR QUALISUD   (France)

^c Centre de Coopération Internationale de Recherche Agronomique Pour le Développement   (France)

Author keywords

Certification; Labelling; Palm oil; RSPO; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002741019     PISSN: 22726977     EISSN: 22576614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ocl/2016042     Document Type: Article

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