Maintaining a cold chain from purchase to the home and at home: Consumer opinions

Food Control

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Ovca, Andrej ^a   Jevšnik, Mojca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cold chain; Consumer; Food safety; Good housekeeping practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849125105     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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