Does mandatory food safety training and certification for restaurant employees improve inspection outcomes?

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Murphy, Kevin S ^a   DiPietro, Robin B ^b   Kock, Gerald ^c   Lee, Jumyong Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARUBA   (Aruba)

Author keywords

Chain restaurants; Food safety training and certification; Food service; Independent restaurants; Inspection

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957877873     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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