Urban street foods in Shijiazhuang city, China: Current status, safety practices and risk mitigating strategies

Food Control

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 212-218

  Liu, Zengran ^a   Zhang, Guangyi ^a   Zhang, Xiangmei ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (China)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Food safety practices; Hazards; Street foods; Training and education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893704785     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.01.027     Document Type: Article

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