Brazil nut sorting for aflatoxin prevention: a comparison between automatic and manual shelling methods
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Received 5/9/2012 Accepted 28/3/2013 (005675) 1 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Amazonas – UFAM, Rua Comendador Alexandre Amorim, 330, Bairro Aparecida, CEP 69010-300, Manaus, AM, Brazil, e-mail: [email protected] *Corresponding author Brazil nut sorting for aflatoxin prevention: a comparison between automatic and manual shelling methods Ariane Mendonça PACHECO1, Maristela MARTINS1*
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