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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Will Hueston, Cory M. Bryant

Journal of Food Science · 2005 · 42 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

The Institute of Food Technologists has issued this Scientific Status Summary to update our knowledge of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and provide an authoritative perspective on the surrounding regulatory and trade landscape.

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