Food safety knowledge among food workers in restaurants in Jordan

Food Control

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 145-150

  Osaili, Tareq M ^a   Abu Jamous, Dima O ^a   Obeidat, Bayan A ^a   Bawadi, Hiba A ^a   Tayyem, Reema F ^b   Subih, Hadil S ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety knowledge; Food safety practices; Food workers; Restaurants; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870160467     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2012.09.037     Document Type: Article

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