How low can you go? The consequences of zero tolerance

AgBioForum

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-221

  Hobbs, Jill E ^a   Kerr, William A ^a   Smyth, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food safety; Genetic modification; International trade; Supply chains; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896865835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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