Food Defence and Its Challenges for Communications

The food industry is an essential part of our critical infrastructure – and therefore also a
potential target for deliberate attacks. Whether through sabotage, targeted contamination or disruptions in the supply chain, such incidents often pose an invisible but real threat. In an increasingly tense security situation, characterised by new threats such as cyberattacks and acts of sabotage, protecting our food supply is becoming ever more important.

The prevention of such deliberate contamination is summarised under the term food
defence. This is different from Food Safety and Food Quality, which deal with unintentional adulteration of products and are usually the cause of product recalls. However, food fraud is also conceivable, e.g. the deliberate use of undeclared ingredients in products. The case of undeclared horsemeat in 2013, which spread across half of Europe, has become well known.

Read the full blog post on the Engel & Zimmermann website.