Post-harvest malpractices in fresh fruits and vegetables: food safety and health issues in India

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 561-578

  Panghal, Anil ^a   Yadav, D N ^b   Khatkar, Bhupender S ^c   Sharma, Himanshu ^b   Kumar, Vikas ^a   Chhikara, Navnidhi ^a  

^a LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Malpractices; Quality; Sweeteners; Waxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046835477     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: 17586917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/NFS-09-2017-0181     Document Type: Review

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