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Scientific American tackles food supply chain safety

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Companies should insist that food suppliers impose strict standards and even send inspectors overseas to verify compliance with quality standards for imported food products, writes Mark Fischetti.

From the Quarter 03 2007 issue

Companies should insist that food suppliers impose strict standards and even send inspectors overseas to verify compliance with quality standards for imported food products, writes Mark Fischetti in the September issue of Scientific American magazine. His article notes that terrorist plots, increasing imports of food from around the world, and centralized production are raising the chances that food will become tainted. Preventing contamination in the food supply chain will require tightening physical plant security and processing procedures....

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