The parable of the poisoned pork: Network governance and the 2008 Irish pork dioxin contamination

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-349

  Casey, Donal K ^a   Lawless, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dioxins in pork; Food safety; Networks; RASFF; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960932290     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2011.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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