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Food Preservatives and the Microbiological Consequences of their Reduction or Omission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

T. A. Roberts  and
P. J. McClure
T. A. Roberts
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Bristol Laboratory, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DY
P. J. McClure
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Bristol Laboratory, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DY
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Workshop on ‘Nutrition and Food Processing’
Information
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 1 - 12
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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