Consumer perception of meat quality and implications for product development in the meat sector - A review

Meat Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-272

  Grunert, Klaus G ^a   Bredahl, Lone ^a   Brunsø, Karen ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumers; New product development; Perceived quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

MEAT QUALITY;

MEATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142231983     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(03)00130-X     Document Type: Review

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