Safety of Street Vended Foods: A Side Event Organized by Consumers International Asia Pacific

Safety of Street Vended Foods: A Side Event Organized by Consumers International Asia Pacific

Programme

Year of publication 2004

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Product type Meeting

Edition 1

Full item page

Synopsis (short abstract) Street vended food in India, Philippines, Vietnam

Meeting symbol CRD 2

Language English

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