Gate keepers of EU food safety: Four states lead on notification patterns and effectiveness

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1957-1964

  Petroczi A ^a   Taylor, G ^b   Nepusz, T ^a   Naughton, D P ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Border control; Detector; Food safety; Market control; RASFF; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; SAFETY;

EID: 77953545941     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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