4.7 Letter

A reply to the Letter to the Editor of Moskric et al. entitled A comment on the paper from Utzeri et al. (2022) Entomological authentication of honey based on a DNA method that distinguishes Apis mellifera mitochondrial C mitotypes: Application to honey produced by A. m. ligustica and A. m. carnica, Food control, Volume 121, March 2021, 107626

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