Food safety knowledge among restaurant food handlers in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Food Protection Trends

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 133-144

  Panchal, Palak K ^a   Bonhote, Pierre ^b   Dworkin, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Service de la Consommation et des Affaires Vétérinaires   (Switzerland)

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