Trust in and through labelling – a systematic review and critique

British Food Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 318-338

  Tonkin, Emma ^a   Wilson, Annabelle M ^a   Coveney, John ^a   Webb, Trevor ^b   Meyer, Samantha B ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Food Standards Australia and New Zealand   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence; Food labelling; Food supply; Food systems Paper type Literature review; Social theory; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920973873     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-07-2014-0244     Document Type: Article

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