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Assessing the safety of genotoxic and carcinogenic impurities: the Margin of Exposure approach
Risk assessors at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) use the Margin of Exposure (MOE) approach to consider possible safety concerns arising from the presence in food and feed...
Cross-cutting science Margin of exposure
30 March 2012

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