Originally published as British Food Journal Volume 109 Number 7, 2007-10-04
ISBN: 978-1-84663-532-8
Edited by: Professor Chris Griffith
This Special Issue comprises a collection of articles exploring themes related to food safety behaviour and its implications.
Contents:
Food Safety and Brand Equity
Manning
This paper seeks to explore the interaction between an organisation’s need to demonstrate compliance with legislative requirements and private assurance standards and the protection of their corporate and/or product brands.
Consumer Behaviour and Knowledge Related to Freezing and Defrosting Meat at Home: An Exploratory Study
Damen and Steenbekkers
The purpose of this research is to gain insight into the ways consumers freeze and defrost meat, the reasons for their behaviour and the knowledge they have about the process of freezing and defrosting.
Observed Food Safety Behaviours of Young Adults
Byrd-Bredbenner, Maurer, Wheatley, Cottone, and Clancy
Few studies have investigated actual consumer food safety and food handling practices. The purpose of this study was to observe young adults preparing two recipes in a controlled laboratory setting to identify food handling errors.
Dinner Preparation in the Modern United States
Beck
Popular media emphasize the increasing use of processed commercial foods in the United States. This paper examines the family dinner in Los Angeles County, California, focusing on the role of commercial foods and the time invested in food preparation.
Consumer Food Preparation and its Implication for Survival of Campylobacter Jejuni on Chicken
Bergsma, Fischer, Van Asselt, Zwietering, and De Jong
Little is known about consumer preparation of poultry and the effects of commonly applied cooking times on bacterial inactivation. This study aimed to answer these questions.
An Assessment of Food Safety Knowledge and Practices of Catering Employees
Hertzman and Barrash
This study analyzes the food safety knowledge and practices of catering employees in one city in the Southwestern United States.
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