Third-party certification in the global agrifood system

Food Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-369

  Hatanaka, Maki ^a   Bain, Carmen ^a   Busch, Lawrence ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Food safety; Standards

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 24044545232     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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