Food safety challenges associated with traditional foods in Arabic speaking countries of the Middle East

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-123

  Tajkarimi, Mehrdad ^a   Ibrahim, Salam A ^b   Fraser, Angela M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MIDDLE EAST; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; SAFETY PRACTICES; STREET FOODS; TRADITIONAL FOOD;

FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH RISKS;

FOOD SAFETY;

EID: 84874304937     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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