A tale of two crises: The Belgian and Irish dioxin contamination incidents

British Food Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1077-1091

  Casey, Donal K ^a   Lawless, James S ^a   Wall, Patrick G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Belgium; Contanimation; European Union; Food safety; Ireland; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957292339     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701011080212     Document Type: Article

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