Consumer attitudes and the governance of food safety

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-114

  Todt, Oliver ^a   Mũoz, Emilio ^b   González, Marta ^b   Ponce, Gloria ^c   Estévez, Betty ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CSIC's Science

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FOOD PACKAGING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SAFETY; SPAIN; STANDARD;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FOOD LABELING; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEGISLATION, FOOD; PUBLIC OPINION; SPAIN;

EID: 57049174621     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662507078019     Document Type: Article

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