Traceability and ethical concerns in the UK wheat-bread chain: From food safety to provenance to transparency

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-278

  Barling, David ^a   Sharpe, Rosalind ^a   Lang, Tim ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bread; Ethics; Supply chain governance; Traceability; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954063364     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2009.0331     Document Type: Article

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