The China melamine milk scandal and its implications for food safety regulation

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-420

  Pei, Xiaofang ^a   Tandon, Annuradha ^b   Alldrick, Anton ^c   Giorgi, Liana ^b   Huang, Wei ^a   Yang, Ruijia ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Research in the Social Sciences   (Austria)

^c Camden BRI Food and Drink Research and Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Dairy; EU; Melamine; Regulations; Safety

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD SAFETY; MILK PRODUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CHINA;

EID: 79955468394     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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