Quality labels in the food sector: What do consumers want to know and where are they looking for information?

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 360-370

  Meixner, Oliver ^a   Haas, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Consumer survey; Information needs; Quality label; Seal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006371458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v7i4.746     Document Type: Article

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