Food Supply Protection and Homeland Security

Frank R. Spellman

doi:10.5771/9781591919568

Summary

Addressing both direct threats to humans, including the introduction of anthrax or smallpox, and indirect threats, those introducing diseases to plants and animals, the author examines the state of our food protection readiness. He examines the battle plan against our food supplies and provides a blueprint for defense. Readers will examine what the federal government is doing to protect our food supply, from the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act to the USDA's Homeland Security Council to the Food and Drug Administration's 10-point plan. They'll also examine actual cases of domestic food-related contamination and terrorism and identify potential targets. Using an easy-to-understand approach, the author provides detailed overviews of 46 foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins, what the USDA calls 'Bad Bugs.' Each listing includes the size and shape, source, symptoms, causes, diagnoses, associated foods, and more, for each 'bad bug.' The author also provides detailed guidelines for taking security measures at each link in the food supply chain. From the farm to the highways, addressing imported, exported, and intracountry food shipments, he identifies everything from the pros and cons of using crash beam barriers on farmlands to the various types of alarms and sensors.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-0-86587-177-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-59191-956-8
Publisher: Government Institutes, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 245
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication Page No access
2. Table of Contents No access
3. Acronyms No access
4. Preface No access
Prologue No access Pages 1 - 6
1. Critical Infrastructure No access
2. The Ongoing Threat No access
3. Is Terrorism in the Barnyard Really Possible? No access
4. "Food and Agriculture" No access
5. Congressional Research Service (CRS): The Agroterrorism Threat No access
6. Farm-to-Fork Food Production and Agroterrorism No access
1. Terrorism No access
2. Agroterrorism No access
3. Vocabulary of Hate No access
4. The Language of Terrorism No access
5. Definition of Terms No access
1. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) No access
2. USDA Agencies and Offices No access
3. USDA Homeland Security Efforts No access
4. Other Efforts No access
5. APHIS No access
6. FSIS No access
1. 21 CPR Part 170.3 Food for Human Consumption: Definitions No access
2. Title III Subtitle A-Protection of Food Supply No access
3. Possible Pathogens in an Agroterrorist Attack No access
4. FDA Food Safety and Security Progress: A 10-Point Program No access
5. The 10-Point Program No access
6. Bottom Line on FDA's Approach to Protecting Our Food Supply No access
5: Foot-and-Mouth Disease: The Primary Threat No access Pages 119 - 124
1. Farm Security No access
2. Physical Asset Monitoring and Control Devices No access
3. Security Plan Guidance-Voluntary Checklist No access
4. Farm-Security Resources and References No access
1. Management Practices No access
2. General Guidelines for Drivers No access
3. General Guidelines for Companies No access
1. Contents of the Bad Bug Book No access
2. Classification No access
3. Kingdoms of Life No access
4. Bacteria, Protozoa, and Viruses: The Basics No access
5. Bad Bugs No access
Index No access Pages 239 - 244
About the Author No access Pages 245 - 245