Supervising a system of approved private control bodies for certification: The case of organic farming in Germany

Food Control

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 525-532

  Zorn, Alexander ^a   Lippert, Christian ^a   Dabbert, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Germany; Organic food; Supervision; Third party certification

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455246337     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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