Cyber-attacks and ransomware are among the major novel threats to food firms, according to speakers during a panel discussion about food fraud and defense.
Tim Lang, Jennifer van de Ligt and Jon Woody spoke about food defense, and the many definitions, at a recent Health Talks webinar organized by the
Continue Reading Cyber threats and current landscape put food defense on agenda
Businesses involved in the food and beverage industries need to understand what motivates people to sabotage their products, according to the latest version of a 58-page guidance document issued by the government of the United Kingdom.
Published earlier this week by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the British Standards
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Minnesota’s GNP Company, based in Cold Spring, late Saturday recalled approximately 55,608 pounds of chicken products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The company discovered sand and black soil was turning up in some of the
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The number of food processing plants in the U.S. with a food defense plan rose from 83 percent to 84 percent between 2013 and 2014, according to the latest Food Defense Plan Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). A food defense plan
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Shaun Kennedy, director of the Food System Institute and professor at the University of Minnesota, recently sat down with Food Safety News to discuss a number of topics related to food security and food fraud.
What challenges do we face with keeping the U.S. food system secure from intentional contamination?
Continue Reading IAFP Interview: Kennedy on Food Security and Fraud
Federal and state health officials investigating foodborne illness outbreaks and other food safety emergencies in recent years have received help from an increasingly prolific network of laboratories designed to respond to biological, chemical and radiological contamination of food as rapidly as possible. This network, called the Federal Emergency Response Network,
Continue Reading IAFP 2013: FERN's Goal is Quick Response to Food Contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday released a new tool to help the food industry defend against an act of intentional food contamination. According to FDA, the Food Defense Plan Builder, available online, is a “comprehensive, easy-to-use software program designed to help owners and operators of food
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Today at the Washington D.C. Convention Center the Food Safety Summit hosts an “Interactive Food Defense Workshop with Government and Industry Representatives” from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Those not able to attend the Food Safety Summit in person can still take part in the session today via remote viewing
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The Food Safety Summit is hosting an Interactive Food Defense Workshop
with Government and Industry Representatives as part of the educational
program at the Washington D.C. Convention Center from April 17th -19th.
This Tuesday session from 1-5 p.m. will be also be available for remote
viewing supported through the FoodSHIELD
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The federal government is not efficiently managing or utilizing resources in the defense of the nation’s food system, according to a new Government Accountability Office report, released on the heels of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11.
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in 2001, President Bush and Congress
Continue Reading GAO: Lack of Coordination for U.S. Food Defense
