Jodi Frederick
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IMPACT Fellow Writes Text on
Bioterrorism and Food Safety

While the events of September 11, 2001 focused the world’s attention on terrorism and the threat of future terrorist acts, as a nation we have been forced to realize an increasing threat from terrorist groups against food research, production, and processing exists.

President George W. Bush recently issued the Homeland Security Presidential Directive establishing a national policy to defend the agriculture and food system against terrorist attack. The President notes that the food system is vulnerable to introduction of disease, pests, or poisonous agents and susceptible to attack due to its extensive, diverse and complex structure.

Dr. Barbara Rasco, associate professor in Food Science and Human Nutrition and IMPACT Fellow, recently published ‘Bioterrorism and Food Safety.’ In the book, Rasco covers these issues as well as food safety, technological developments in traceability, and legal analysis of current and pending regulations.

“Bioterrorism and Food Safety” (ISBN 0849327873) is 414 pages and available at bookstores.

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