Measuring the safety of the food chain in Belgium: Development of a barometer

Food Research International

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 940-950

  Baert, Katleen ^a   Van Huffel, Xavier ^a   Wilmart, Olivier ^a   Jacxsens, Liesbeth ^b   Berkvens, Dirk ^c,d   Diricks, Herman ^a   Huyghebaert, André ^b,d   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^b,d  

^a Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Scientific Committee   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barometer; Food chain; Food safety; Indicators; Measurement tool; Safety

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CONTROL MEASURES; DATA SETS; EXPERT OPINION; FOOD CHAIN; INDICATORS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEASUREMENT TOOL; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; PREVIOUS YEAR; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; SAFETY; SAFETY INDICATOR; SAFETY OBJECTIVES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; UPWARD TREND; ZOONOTIC AGENTS;

BAROMETERS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MEASUREMENTS;

FOOD SAFETY;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.;

EID: 79955631502     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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