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Article: CDC's Attention Turns to Preparing for Threats to Nation's Food Supply.(U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)(Brief Article)
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- Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA
- Article date:
- November 19, 2000
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2000 NOV 19 - (NewsRx.com) --
In a report to the Infectious Diseases of American Conference, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers presented an outline of the agency's efforts to protect the public food supply from the threat of biological terrorism.
Because the nature of the food supply chain has changed, the chance that food meant for consumption by humans could be contaminated by a hostile entity is now a credible possibility, according to Jeremy Sobel and associates.
"The food supply is increasingly characterized by centralized production and widespread distribution; deliberate ...