Food recalls, systemic causal factors and managerial implications: The case of Premiere Quality Foods

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 625-636

  Charlebois, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Food industry; Food safety; Product recall; Safety critical systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955933666     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111131737     Document Type: Article

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