Consumer contribution to food contamination in Brazil: modelling the food safety risk in the home

Foodborne diseases are among the most widespread public health issues, killing about 2.2 million people annually, and costing hundreds of billions of US dollars for governments, companies, families and consumers (WHO, 2007). In Brazil, foodborne diseases acquired in the home account for 55% of notif...

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Main Authors: Sergio Paulo Olinto da Motta, Steve Flint, Paul Perry, Alasdair Noble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL) 2014-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Food Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-67232014000200008&lng=en&tlng=en