Safe at any scale? Food scares, food regulation, and scaled alternatives

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-317

  DeLind, Laura B ^a   Howard, Philip H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; E. coli; Food safety; Legitimation; Peer production; Scale; Spinach scare; Subsidiarity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 48549096320     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-007-9112-y     Document Type: Article

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