Title :
Security of the food supply chain
Author :
Setola, Roberto ; De Maggio, Maria Carla
Author_Institution :
Complex Syst. & Security Lab., Univ. Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
The food supply chain could became a dangerous weapon in the hands of enemies, for this reason the strategies developed to fight food adulteration (food safety) should be complemented with specific actions devoted to improve food ldquosecurityrdquo in the sense of food defence. This paper illustrate the methodological approach used in the EU project SecuFood to analyze threats, vulnerabilities and countermeasures existing in major European countries about what concerns deliberate attacks and manipulations of food.
Keywords :
food processing industry; food safety; supply chains; EU project SecuFood; food adulteration; food defence; food industry; food manipulation; food safety; food supply chain security; Biomedical Engineering; European Union; Food Contamination; Food Supply; Humans; Security Measures; Terrorism;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2009. EMBC 2009. Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3296-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333368