Food production safety used to be limited to external threats, many of which could be controlled by simply erecting a fence or adding a key card system. Securing the safety of food production was a matter of securing your facility. Unfortunately, today’s biggest threats to food safety can come from both external and internal threats attacking the safety of the food supply – some of which may be intentional.
The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) addresses concerns regarding this threat, known as intentional adulteration. According to the FSMA, intentional adulteration is a hazard that may be intentionally introduced to foods, including by acts of terrorism, with the intent to cause wide-spread harm to public health. And we never know what unlikely foods might be targeted.
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