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Who would attack the U.S. food system?* Rusty Cawley, APR | ColdCrisis.tv * Condensed from the National Center for Food Protection and Defense’s “Risk Communicator Training for Food Defense Preparedness, Response & Recovery,” module 2, topic 2.

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The list of usual suspects would include terrorists and criminals. But there are others on the list you might not expect. And their motives run the gamut.

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Page 1: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

Who would attackthe U.S. food system?*

Rusty Cawley, APR | ColdCrisis.tv

* Condensed from the National Center for Food Protection and Defense’s “Risk Communicator Training for Food Defense Preparedness, Response & Recovery,” module 2, topic 2.

Page 2: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

Food safety

• Natural or unintended

Food security

• Adequate access

Food defense

• Intentional attack

Page 3: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

Food safety

• Natural or unintended

Food security

• Adequate access

Food defense

• Intentional attack

Page 4: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

Who would do it?

‘The usual suspects’• Criminals

• Subversives• Terrorists

Unexpected• Disgruntled employees

• Competitors• The mentally ill

Page 5: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

Where would they attack?

Vulnerabilities

1. Farm to Fork

2. Strategic

Page 6: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

Crops Livestock Transport Processing Distribution

1. Farm-to-Fork Vulnerabilities

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Easy-to-obtain

pathogens or

poisons

Maximum results for minimal effort

Low risk of detection or

contamination

High econom

ic /psychological impact

2. Strategic vulnerabilities

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How would they attack?

• Easy to spread• High rates of death and illness• Capacity for social disruption

Category A

• Moderately easy to spread• Moderate rates of illness and death• Require enhanced capacity and monitoring

Category B

• Emerging pathogens that could be engineered• Readily available• Easily produced and spread

Category C

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Bioterrorism Agents

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What would they accomplish?

Industry

Expense

Loss of reputation

Legal liability

Consumer

Pain and suffering

Death

Financial losses

Nation

Loss of confidence

Over- reaction

Costs of response and recovery

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• ‘I, for the life of me, cannot understand why the terrorists have not attack our food supply because it is so easy to do so.’– Tommy Thompson, U.S. Sec.

of Health and Human Resources, December 2004

Page 11: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack

• Culprit: Cult followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

• Motive: Political gain in local election

• Weapon: Salmonella typhimurium

• Target: 10 local restaurants• Casualties: 751 poisoned,

45 hospitalized, no deaths.

Page 12: Who would attack the U.S. food system?

2007 poll: Americans are concerned

• 77 percent expect a chemical or biological attack on a common food product in their lifetimes.

• Almost 20 percent rank food defense as the highest priority for counter-terror spending.

Source: Thomas F. Stinson, “How Would Americans Allocate Anti-Terrorism Spending? Findings from a National Survey of Attitudes about Terrorism “• http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=3.2.3

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