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. 2013 Apr 2;10(4):403E. doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.EN-403

Food of plant origin: production methods and microbiological hazards linked to food‐borne disease. Reference: CFT/EFSA/BIOHAZ/2012/01 Lot 2 (Food of plant origin with low water content such as seeds, nuts, cereals, and spices)

Evelyn Hackl 1, Alexandra Ribarits 2, Nives Angerer 2, Markus Gansberger 2, Christine Hölzl 1, Cornelia Konlechner 1, Jutta Taferner‐Kriegl 2, Angela Sessitsch 1
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AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH and Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH (AGES) ; 2013. Food of plant origin: production methods and microbiological hazards linked to food‐borne disease. Reference: CFT/EFSA/BIOHAZ/2012/01 Lot 2 (Food of plant origin with low water content such as seeds, nuts, cereals, and spices). Supporting Publications 2013; 10(4):EN‐403. [160 pp.]. doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.EN-403

The present document has been produced and adopted by the bodies identified above as author(s). This task has been carried out exclusively by the author(s) in the context of a contract between the European Food Safety Authority and the author(s), awarded ollowing a tender procedure. The present document is published complying with the transparency principle to which the Authority is subject. It may not be considered as an output adopted by the Authority. The European food Safety Authority reserves its rights, view and position as regards the issues addressed and the conclusions reached in the present document, without prejudice to the rights of the authors.

Published date: 2 April 2013

Question number: EFSA‐Q‐2013‐00082

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