Consumer acceptability of interventions to reduce Campylobacter in the poultry food chain

Food Control

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 260-266

  MacRitchie, L A ^a   Hunter, C J ^b   Strachan, N J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Campylobacter; Chickens; Consumer; Food poisoning; Interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881223773     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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