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Compilation of legal limits for hazardous substances in fish and fishery products.

Year of publication 1983

Pages 102p

Author Nauen, C.E.;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Product type Book (series)

Series title FAO Fisheries Circular

Series number 0429-9329 - C764

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A worldwide compilation on legal limits of hazardous substances in fish and fishery products is presented. For each country, it provides the name and address of Government Authorities and Institutions in charge of issuing and/or enforcing standards or legal limits, lists limits for mercury, other trace metals and pesticides and other biocides, and specifies any relevant information on enforcement, imminent changes and other pertinent comments.

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Nauen, C.E. Compilation of legal limits for hazardous substances in fish and fishery products. FAO Fisheries Circular. 764. Rome, FAO. 1983. 102p.

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