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Tentative Agenda for the Regional Workshop on the Development of a set of National Food Safety Indicators

19 ‐21 November 2019, Bangkok, Thailand

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

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Category Other document

Edition 1

Language English

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