Reliability and validity of a scale to measure consumer attitudes regarding the private food safety certification of restaurants

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 470-477

  Uggioni, Paula Lazzarin ^a   Salay, Elisabete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Certification; Consumer; Food safety; Food service; Reliability; Social desirability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATERING SERVICE; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BRAZIL; CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 84856248936     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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