Consumer needs and requirements for food and ingredient traceability information

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-290

  Van Rijswijk, Wendy ^a   Frewer, Lynn J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer; Europe; Food traceability; Fraud; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867350866     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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