Vegetable producers' perceptions of food safety hazards in the Midwestern USA

Food Control

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-465

  Lewis Ivey, Melanie L ^a   LeJeune, Jeffrey T ^a   Miller, Sally A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; Mental models; Post harvest contamination; Pre harvest contamination; Producer perceptions; Risk communication; Science based management decisions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863409251     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.01.065     Document Type: Article

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