The economic efficiency of sampling size: The case of beef trim revisited

Risk Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-396

  Powell, Mark R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; E. coli O157:H7; Food safety; Sampling

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; E.COLI O157:H7; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; SAFETY VERIFICATION;

BEEF; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; SAMPLING;

MEATS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SAMPLING; SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MEAT; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANIMALS; MEAT PRODUCTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875166284     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12027     Document Type: Article

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