Temperature monitoring in meat supply chains

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1267-1289

  Raab, Verena ^a   Petersen, Brigitte ^a   Kreyenschmidt, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold chain management; Data logger; Information management; Meat; Meat industry; Radio Frequency Technology (RFID); Supply chain management; Temperature; Temperature monitoring; Time Temperature Indicators (TTIs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053302741     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111177683     Document Type: Review

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