Private food safety and quality standards for fresh produce exporters: The case of Hortico Agrisystems, Zimbabwe

Food Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-384

  Henson, Spencer ^a   Masakure, Oliver ^a   Boselie, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AgroFair Assistance and Development Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food safety; Horticulture; Outgrowers; Quality; Standards; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HORTICULTURE;

EID: 26844511759     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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