Improving food hygiene standards – a customer focused approach

British Food Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 238-252

  Leach, Jeremy ^a   Mercer, Heather ^b   Stew, Graham ^c   Denyer, Stephen ^c  

^a Wealden District Council   (United Kingdom)

^b Brendoncare   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Food; Hygiene; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986019321     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700110391335     Document Type: Article

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