RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 From food defence to food supply chain integrity
A1 Davidson, Rebecca K.
A1 Antunes, Wilson .
A1 Madslien, Elisabeth H.
A1 Belenguer, José
A1 Gerevini, Marco
A1 Torroba Pérez, Tomás
A1 Prugger, Raffaello
K1 Food safety
K1 Food security
K1 Fraud
K1 Terrorism
K1 Food defence
K1 Public perception
K1 Chemistry, Organic
K1 Química orgánica
AB Purpose – Consumer confidence in the European food industry has been shaken by a number of recentscandals due to food fraud and accidental contamination, reminding the authors that deliberate incidents canoccur. Food defence methods aim to prevent or mitigate deliberate attacks on the food supply chain but arenot a legal requirement. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how proactive and reactive food defencepractices can help prevent or mitigate malicious attacks on the food chain and also food fraud, food crime andfood safety. The authors look at how food defence differs from food safety and how it contributes to foodsupply chain integrity.Design/methodology/approach – Food defence has been the focus of two different EU FP7 securityprojects, EDEN and SNIFFER. Food industry stakeholders participated in workshops and demonstrations onfood defence and relevant technology was tested in different food production scenarios.Findings – Food industry end-users reported a lack of knowledge regarding food defence practices. Theywished for further guidelines and training on risk assessment as well as access to validated test methods.Novel detection tools and methods showed promise with authentication, identification, measurement,assessment and control at multiple levels of the food supply chain prior to distribution and retail.Practical implications – The prevention of a contamination incident, prior to retail, costs less than dealingwith a large foodborne disease outbreak. Food defence should therefore be integral to food supply chainintegrity and not just an afterthought in the wake of an incident.Originality/value – It is argued that food defence practices have a vital role to play across the board inunintentional and intentional food contamination incidents. The application of these methods can help ensurefood supply chain integrity.
PB Emerald
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/4370
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/4370
LA eng
NO European Union (EU) Seventh Framework Programmeprojects (FP7/2007-2013): EDEN: End-User Driven Demo for CBRNe, under Grant61Food supplychain integrityDownloaded by UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS At 07:57 06 January 2017 (PT)Agreement no. 313077, and SNIFFER: Sensory devices network for food supply chainsecurity, under Grant Agreement no. 312411.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
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