Risk assessment and risk management for safe foods: Assessment needs inclusion of variability and uncertainty, management needs discrete decisions

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-123

  Zwietering, M H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complexity; Decision support systems; Food safety management; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FOOD SAFETY; MEAT; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PRODUCT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEAT; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84943660147     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2015.03.032     Document Type: Article

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