European consumer response to packaging technologies for improved beef safety

Meat Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-51

  Van Wezemael, Lynn ^a   Ueland, Øydis ^b   Verbeke, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beef; Consumer; Packaging; ProSafeBeef; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE; CONSUMER PERCEPTION; CONSUMER RESPONSE; CONSUMER SEGMENTS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LIMITING FACTORS; ONLINE CONSUMERS; PACKAGING SYSTEM; PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES; PROSAFEBEEF; SAFETY; VACUUM PACKAGING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MEATS; TECHNOLOGY;

PACKAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONSUMER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMELLING; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956096032     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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