The EU health claims regulation: implications for innovation in the EU food sector

British Food Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2647-2665

  Khedkar, Sukhada ^a   Ciliberti, Stefano ^b   Bröring, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EU food sector; External knowledge sourcing; Health claims regulation; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84991716542     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2016-0021     Document Type: Article

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