Food safety education initiative to increase consumer use of food thermometers in the United States

British Food Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 775-794

  McCurdy, Sandra M ^a   Takeuchi, Masami T ^b   Edwards, Zena M ^c   Edlefsen, Miriam ^c   Kang, Dong Hyun ^c   Mayes, V Elaine ^d   Hillers, Virginia N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooking; Food safety; Hygiene; Meat

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748695285     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700610688403     Document Type: Article

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