Quality and food safety issues revealed in certified food companies in three Western Balkans countries

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1736-1741

  Djekic, Ilija ^a   Tomasevic, Igor ^a   Radovanovic, Radomir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Audit; Findings; FSMS; HACCP; QMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957876558     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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