The Role of Regulations in Minimizing the Bioterrorism Threat to Food Imports
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Bryan Tate
Abstract
The majority of the bioterrorism articles and reports written since the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States have focused on the threat of biological weapons or biological agents directed towards human targets. Although this threat should not be diminished, it is only one aspect of the human environment that is susceptible to attack. Effective attacks could be mounted against the food chain outside the United States on imported food bound for the United States. These potential attacks bear the risk of going undetected until individuals or animals consume tainted products. This article focuses on the role that regulations play in protecting the food chain from these international attacks, and addresses some of the complications that arise from the current legal framework.
©2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston
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Articles in the same Issue
- Legal
- Introduction: Volume 3 of the Journal of Biosecurity, Biosafety & Biodefense Law
- Whistleblower and Liability Protections for Scientific Laboratory Employees
- WHO’S IN CHARGE OF BIOSECURITY? JURISDICTIONAL MATTERS
- Who has Jurisdiction of The Air During an International Health Crisis?
- WHO's Got Yellow Rain: An Analysis of the Yellow Rain Incident and the Possible Involvement of the World Health Organization
- BIOCRIMINOLOGY
- Duties and Difficulties of Investigating and Prosecuting Biocrimes
- A Legal Analysis of the Search Warrants of the Amerithrax Investigation
- BIOTHREATS AT THE BORDER
- The Role of Regulations in Minimizing the Bioterrorism Threat to Food Imports
- UNREGULATED POTENTIAL BIOSECURITY THREATS?
- The Mad (and not so Mad) Scientist Next Door: A Holistic Approach to Addressing Do-it-Yourself Biology
- Death Disguised as Life: Blood and Biosecurity
- SCOURGES, PLAGUES AND PLANS: WILL WE GET IT RIGHT?
- Foot and Mouth Disease: Then and Now
- Preparing for Another Round of Swine Flu: Will the WHO's Plan Prove to be a Success for the Global Community and Will the U.S. Lead the Way?
