Pathways to increase consumer trust in meat as a safe and wholesome food

Meat Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-171

  Gellynck, Xavier ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a   Vermeire, Bert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food safety; Information; Quality assurance schemes; Traceability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745651804     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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