Antimicrobial Food Packaging to Enhance Food Safety: Current Developments and Future Challenges
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Food Processing & Technology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2157-7110
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7110.1000e103