System Dynamics in Food Quality Certifications: Development of an Audit Integrity System

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-81

  Albersmeier, Friederike ^a   Schulze, Holger ^a   Spiller, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

certification; quality assurance systems; risk oriented auditing approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857652769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v1i1.118     Document Type: Article

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