Consumers' confidence, reflections and response strategies following the horsemeat incident

Food Control

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 721-730

  Barnett, J ^a   Begen, F ^a   Howes, S ^a   Regan, A ^b   McConnon, A ^b   Marcu, A ^c   Rowntree, S ^d   Verbeke, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d European Food Information Council ^*  (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Confidence; Consumer; Horsemeat; Integrity; Processed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936133682     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.06.021     Document Type: Article

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