Don't wash my meat: Public perceptions of decontamination in meat production

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 598-612

  Korzen, Sara ^a   Sandøe, Peter ^a   Lassen, Jesper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food safety; Meat; Perception; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955935846     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111131719     Document Type: Article

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