Managing food safety and hygiene : governance and regulation as risk management

Bridget Hutter considers the understandings of risk and regulation held by those in business and considers the compliance pressures on managers and owners, and how these relate to understandings of risk and uncertainty

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hutter, Bridget M. (Author), Jones, Clive (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U. K.; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar , c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Risk regulation and business organizations
  • 2. The food retail and hospitality industry in the UK : a research approach
  • 3. The food industry and risk : official data and workplace understandings
  • 4. State governance of food safety and food hygiene : the regulatory regime and the views of those in the food sector
  • 5. Risk regulation beyond the state : research responses about non-state regulatory influences
  • 6. Business risk regulation : inside the business organization
  • 7. Conclusions : why manage risk? What can we learn and improve?