Knowledge and attitudes toward food safety and use of good production practices among Canadian broiler chicken producers

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1278-1287

  Young, Ian ^a,b   Rajić, Andrijana ^a,b,c   Letellier, Ann ^d   Cox, Bill ^e   Leslie, Mira ^e   Sanei, Babak ^f   McEwen, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

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EID: 77955935553     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.7.1278     Document Type: Article

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