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A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives
by Ruth Winter
ISBN: 0517881950
ISBN-13: 9780517881958
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Back in a revised fourth edition, this consumer reference tool assists the reader by providing a list of more than 8,000 food additives that can appear in your food as a result of preservatives, pesticides, animal drugs, or processing and procuring techniques. Also explained are the new food labels that are required on all products.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1994
Edition: 4th edition
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Pages: 425
Publisher's Notes
FOOD ADDITIVES gives readers the facts about the relative safety of more than 8,000 ingredients that are added to processed foods. More than 800 entries are new to this edition, material that covers recently developed food production technologies (such as genetically engineered vegetables), the new label regulations, and guidelines for safe food storage.
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