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Terrorist threats to food : guidance for establishing and strengthening prevention and response systems.

The malicious contamination of food for terrorist purposes is a real and current threat, and deliberate contamination of food at one location could have global public health implications. This book responds to increasing concern in WHO s Member States that chemical, biological or radionuclear agents...

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Corporate Author: World Health Organization. Food Safety Department
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva : Food Safety Dept., World Health Organization, ©2002.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Prevention.
Food contamination > Prevention.
Biological warfare > Prevention.
Epidemics > Prevention.
Food industry and trade > Security measures.
Food Contamination > prevention & control
Terrorism > prevention & control
Food Industry > standards
Food Supply > standards
Bioterrorism > prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control
Civil Defense > methods
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:058549262X
9780585492629
9240681396
9789240681392
9781280041518
128004151X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Purpose; 1.2 Definitions and scope; 1.3 Food as a vehicle for terrorist acts; 1.4 Comparative risks of food and other media as vehicles for terrorist threats; 1.5 Potential effects of food terrorism; 1.6 Chemical and biological agents and radionuclear materials that could be used in food terrorism; 1.7 Establishing and strengthening national prevention and response systems; 1.8 Setting priorities; 2. Prevention; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Existing systems; 2.3 Strengthening food safety management programmes.

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