Consumer awareness and perception to food safety hazards in Trinidad, West Indies

Food Control

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 370-377

  Badrie, Neela ^a   Gobin, Ahliya ^a   Dookeran, Shakti ^a   Duncan, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Consumer perceptions; Food handling; Food hazards; Food safety awareness; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 27844470234     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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