Food safety begins on the farm: The viewpoint of the producer

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 529-539

  Olson, K E ^a   Slack, G N ^a  

^a National Institute for Animal Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm based programmes; Food safety; Hazard analysis critical control point; Pre harvest; Producer survey; Producers; Quality assurance; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750736071     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: 16080645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.25.2.1684     Document Type: Review

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