Traceability: Tracking and privacy in the food system

Geographical Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-388

  Popper, Deborah E ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; Food traceability; Human tracking

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATABASE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; MONITORING; TRACKING;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36849051846     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2007.tb00511.x     Document Type: Article

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