Scientific Opinion on the public health hazards to be covered by inspection of meat from farmed game

EFSA Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Andreoletti, Olivier ^b   Baggesen, Dorte Lau ^b   Bolton, Declan ^b   Butaye, Patrick ^b   Cook, Paul ^b   Davies, Robert ^b   Fernández Escámez, Pablo S ^b   Griffin, John ^b   Hald, Tine ^b   Havelaar, Arie ^b   Koutsoumanis, Kostas ^b   Lindqvist, Roland ^b   McLauchlin, James ^b   Nesbakken, Truls ^b   Prieto, Miguel ^b   Ricci, Antonia ^b   Ru, Giuseppe ^b   Sanaa, Moez ^b   Simmons, Marion ^b   Sofos, John ^b   Bandick, John Threlfallniels ^b   Gortazar Schmidt, Christian ^b   Oivanen, Leena ^b   Paulsen, Peter ^b   Vågsholm, Ivar ^b   Wahlström, Helene ^b   Benford, Diane ^b   Ceccatelli, Sandra ^b   Cottrill, Bruce ^b   Dinovi, Michael ^b   Dogliotti, Eugenia ^b   Edler, Lutz ^b   Farmer, Peter ^b   Fürst, Peter ^b   Hoogenboom, Laurentius ^b   Knutsen, Helle Katrine ^b   Lundebye Haldorsen, Anne Katrine ^b   Metzler, Manfred ^b   Nebbia, Carlo Stefano ^b   O‘Keeffe, Michael ^b   Rietjens, Ivonne ^b   Schrenk, Dieter ^b   Silano, Vittorio ^b   van Loveren, Hendrik ^b   Vleminckx, Christiane ^b   Wester, Pieter ^b   Fink Gremmels, Johanna ^b   Fries, Reinhard ^b   McOrist, Steven ^b   Nebbia, Carlo ^b   O‘keeffe, Michael ^b   Authie, Edith ^b   Berg, Charlotte ^b   Bøtner, Anette ^b   Browman, Howard ^b   Capua, Ilaria ^b   De Koeijer, Aline ^b   Depner, Klaus ^b   Domingo, Mariano ^b   Edwards, Sandra ^b   Fourichon, Christine ^b   Koenen, Frank ^b   More, Simon ^b   Raj, Mohan ^b   Sihvonen, Liisa ^b   Spoolder, Hans ^b   Stegeman, Jan Arend ^b   Thulke, Hans Hermann ^b   Velarde, Antonio ^b   Willeberg, Preben ^b   Zientara, Stéphan ^b   Broom, Donald ^b   Doherr, Marcus ^b   Schmidt, Christian Gortázar ^b   Oltenacu, Pascal ^b   Salman, Mo ^b   Wierup, Martin ^b   Warns Petit, Eva ^b   Chavarrias, Vicente Lopez ^b   Hempen, Michaela ^b   Liébana, Ernesto ^b   Nicolau Solano, Silvia Ines ^b   Curtui, Valeriu ^b   Cioacata, Gina ^b   Mackay, Karen ^b   Georgiev, Milen ^b   Afonso, Ana ^b   more..

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ante mortem; contaminants; farmed game; meat inspection; post mortem; residues; surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078385093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3264     Document Type: Article

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