Food Terrorism tops 2009 Safety scare list
11th January 2009 by Alex Briggs1 Comment
This Food Production Daily article highlights the issues and risks that organisations see as most important in 2009.
For 2009, Bill Marler, food safety advocate and managing partner of law firm Marler Clark, asked the food safety community to weigh in on the most pressing food safety challenges.
Top of the list was globalization, including the possibility of “economic or chemical terrorism”, which may not directly intend to scare people but is the intentional adulteration of the food supply motivated by profit, as in the case of the recent melamine scare in China.
Food safety agencies will need to improve communication with consumers to keep up with outbreaks. And there is the issue of how consumers sort through the “cacophony” of information on food and labeling.
12th January 2009 at 9:27 am
Thanks for the “shout out.” Call with any questions.