Bans, tests, and alchemy: Food safety regulation and the Uganda fish export industry

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-193

  Ponte, Stefano ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agrifood systems; European Union; Fish export; Food safety; Rituals of verification; Standards; Uganda; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846256363     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-006-9046-9     Document Type: Article

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