Current food safety management systems in fresh produce exporting industry are associated with lower performance due to context riskiness: Case study

Food Control

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 335-343

  Sawe, Chemutai Tonui ^a   Onyango, Cecilia Moraa ^a   Njage, Patrick Murigu Kamau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Assurance activities; Context characteristics; Control activities; Diagnostic tool; Food safety management system; Fresh produce industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891703427     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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