Strategic responses to food safety legislation

Food Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 685-706

  Loader, Rupert ^a   Hobbs, Jill E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food safety; Marketing; Strategy; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; LEGISLATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 0033431849     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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