Food defense is the process of protecting food products from intentional contamination or adulteration, which aims to harm consumers, business establishments, or the public health. It refers to a system in place to prevent, protect, respond to and recover from the intentional introduction of contaminants into our nation’s food supply. Food defense is to everyone’s benefit. It must be supported by the public sector if the appropriate level of protection is to be provided. This paper provides an introduction to food defense. Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Sunday S. Adekunte | Sarhan M. Musa "Food Defense: An Introduction" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33364.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/home-science/food-science/33364/food-defense-an-introduction/matthew-n-o-sadiku
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Food Defense: An Introduction
Matthew N. O. Sadiku1, Sunday S. Adekunte2, Sarhan M. Musa1
1Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas
2Community High School, Agada, Ogun State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Food defense is the process of protecting food products from intentional
contamination or adulteration, which aims to harm consumers, business
establishments, or the public health. It refers to a system in place to prevent,
protect, respond to and recover from the intentional introduction of
contaminants into our nation’s food supply. Food defense is to everyone’s
benefit. It must be supported by the public sector if the appropriate level of
protection is to be provided. This paper provides an introduction to food
defense.
KEYWORDS: food defense, food quality, food fraud, food safety, food security
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Sadiku | Sunday S. Adekunte | Sarhan M.
Musa "Food Defense: An Introduction"
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INTRODUCTION
Food is any substance or product intended to be ingested by
humans. Like water and air, food is necessary to sustain life.
The food system in the United States continues to increase in
complexit