Hawker food industry: Food safety/public health strategies in Malaysia

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Pang, Fiona ^a   Toh, Poh See ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Food industry; Food safety; Malaysia; Public health; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049127991     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650810848007     Document Type: Article

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