The global food system became extremely vulnerable in the 21st century. The intentional threats and intentional contamination of the food chain is a real threat to society. This has the potential to disrupt food distribution, consumer loss of confidence in government and the food supply.Food and water chains are very important infrastructures, and it is the country’s or government’s obligation to ensure the provision of sufficient qualities and quantities of food and water to its population. Intentional food contamination can, among other motives, originate from an act of terrorism (with political or ideological motives) with the aim of causing fear (terror) among people. Food defense systems are to help in accessing vulnerabilities, determine mitigation strategies for terrorist attack, estimate risks, and to prevent a terrorist attack.This paper presents a brief introduction on food defense, challenges and the way forward.
Food defense, Food terrorism, Food defense systems, Contamination, Foodborne diseases
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