Paying to see a bug on my food: How regulations and information can hamper radical innovations in the European Union

British Food Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1777-1792

  de Magistris, Tiziana ^a   Pascucci, Stefano ^b   Mitsopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; Food innovation; Insects; Novel food; Regulations; WTP

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84929783265     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-06-2014-0222     Document Type: Article

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