Assessing compliance with food safety legislation in small businesses

British Food Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 150-161

  Yapp, Charlotte ^a   Fairman, Robyn ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food safety; Research methods; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EMPIRICISM; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; LAW; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 19944364852     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700510586470     Document Type: Article

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