Systemic failure in the provision of safe food

Food Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-96

  Hennessy, David A ^a   Roosen, Jutta ^b   Jensen, Helen H ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incentives; Information; Mixing; Process design; Systems analysis; Technology

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SUPPLY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0037302701     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(03)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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