Of all the critical infrastructures in the United States, food and agriculture is of the utmost importance. You cannot opt out of eating! Unfortunately, the intentional adulteration of our food is taking place with increasing frequency. Typically, the adulteration is borne out of food fraud and the desire to make money (e.g., horse meat used as substitute for beef or wood pulp added to cheese). However, sabotage and terrorism also have resulted in adulterated foods. This presentation will provide an overview of global food system disruption.

Food defense: Defining food system disruptions

254th National Meeting (2017)

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