Seven samurai to protect "our" food: The reform of the food safety regulatory system in Japan after the BSE crisis of 2001

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-580

  Tanaka, Keiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); Food safety; Japan; Risk analysis model

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 55249101011     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9152-y     Document Type: Article

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