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Assessment of the health risk by eating insects and legislative documents Cover

Assessment of the health risk by eating insects and legislative documents

By: Leila Zayed  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mjfst-2025-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1805-529X | Journal ISSN: 1805-5281
Language: English
Page range: 7 - 11
Published on: Dec 12, 2025
Published by: University of Veterinary Sciences Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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