The economic implications of using HACCP as a food safety regulatory standard

Food Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 625-635

  Unnevehr, Laurian J ^a   Jensen, Helen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Food safety regulation; HACCP

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EID: 0033462165     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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