Food safety

 

Food safety goes beyond just separate, clean, cook, and chill – being in a global, interconnected society, there are unfortunately nefarious people who want to cause harm to others and look to the food supply to carry out their crimes.

Food defense, as you have learned from your reading this week, incorporates preventative efforts against tampering and bioterrorism. Food fraud is typically for economic gain, and involves intentionally altering ingredients, providing misleading packaging information, or otherwise misleading the consumer about the contents of a food item. 

For this discussion, find an article or web resource that provides an example or illustration of food fraud, tampering, or bioterrorism. Post a link and summarize the article.

Next, describe the main responsibilities that every citizen should have when it comes to food security.

What should they do if they see an issue pertaining to food safety and defense? Do you know what resources to use to report an incident or suspicion? Do some research and find out where and how you should report suspicious activity in terms of food, and post that information as the final part of your post. 

Refer to the 

Discussion Guidelines

for guidance.