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Legislation

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Legislation relating to foods was originally introduced in many countries to prevent the sale of fraudulent products and was concerned with compositional or weight defects. Only in more recent times has the legislation been expanded to include public health considerations such as those relating to the transmission of harmful bacteria in foods.

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Hayes, P.R. (1995). Legislation. In: Hayes, P.R. (eds) Food Microbiology and Hygiene. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3546-1_13

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