Food fraud: An exploratory study for measuring consumer perception towards mislabeled food products and influence on self-authentication intentions

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 211-218

  Charlebois, Sylvain ^a   Schwab, Anita ^b   Henn, Raphael ^b   Huck, Christian W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consumer trust; Food fraud; Self authentication; Traceability

Indexed keywords

CRIME; FOOD PRODUCTS; LABELS;

AUSTRIA; CONSUMER PERCEPTION; CONSUMER TRUST; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; LABEL INFORMATION; SELF-AUTHENTICATION; TRACEABILITY;

AUTHENTICATION;

EID: 84960500061     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.02.003     Document Type: Review

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