Food hygiene on merchant ships: The importance of food handlers' training

Food Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-188

  Capunzo, Mario ^a   Cavallo, Pierpaolo ^a   Boccia, Giovanni ^a   Brunetti, Luigi ^a   Buonomo, Rosanna ^b   Mazza, Giuliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Ippocratica Diagnostica Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food hygiene; HACCP; Merchant ship; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SHIP; STUDENT T TEST; TRAINING;

EID: 4444261897     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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