Food safety in the meat industry: A regulatory quagmire

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-37

  Goldsmith, Peter ^a   Turan, Nesve ^a   Gow, Hamish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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