Assessment of the methodological strategies adopted by food safety training programmes for food service workers: A systematic review

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1136-1144

  Medeiros, Caroline Opolski ^a   Cavalli, Suzi Barletto ^a   Salay, Elisabete ^b   Proença, Rossana Pacheco C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food safety; Food service; Training

Indexed keywords

SCOPUS;

EID: 79953804007     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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