Creating A Food Defense And Response Plan In Complex Food Production Systems

Keywords

Crisis communication; Emergency operations planning; Food defense; Food safety; High reliability organizations; Mindfulness; Response plans; Systems theory

Abstract

The industrialization of food systems, including the development of long, complex supply chains and distribution channels, complicates efforts to guarantee a safe food supply. While modern food production systems in the United States are very safe, systems are increasingly efficient, dynamic, integrated, tightly coupled, and complex. Food travels through domestic and international supply chains, is transported, processed, distributed, sent to retailers, and finally on to consumers. Insuring the safety and reliability of food production systems is a multistage process involving appropriate risk awareness, communication, mitigation resources, and appropriate response strategies. This chapter describes the difficulty of providing food defense within complex, globalized, and highly dynamic food production systems. The high reliability organization and mindfulness framework is proposed as a useful approach for managing and mitigating risks. We also present the CDC's Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) template as a resource to help organizations prepare for and respond to crises.

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Food Protection and Security: Preventing and Mitigating Contamination during Food Processing and Production

Number of Pages

61-73

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-251-8.00004-7

Socpus ID

85010817802 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85010817802

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