Retail food stores' internet-based own-check databank records and health officers' on-site inspection results for cleanliness and food holding temperatures reveal inconsistencies

Food Control

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-84

  Lunden J ^a   Vanhanen, V ^b   Kotilainen, K ^b   Hemminki, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Food and Environmental Health Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cleanliness; Inspection; Official control; Own check; Retail food store; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880414769     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.06.050     Document Type: Article

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