Рик Гилмор (Rick Gilmor): US food safety under siege?Назад
Рик Гилмор (Rick Gilmor): US food safety under siege?
When it comes to the prospect of an agro-terrorist attack-the use of biological agents against crops, livestock, poultry and fish-US agriculture has rolled out the welcome mat. Integration and consolidation in the industry widen the potential impact of any single attack. Internationalization of the food chain offers limitless possibilities for human consumption contagions, as well as economic and political instabilities. To combat and anticipate potential attacks to the US food chain, greater effort should be placed on designing new disease-resistant varieties of plants and livestock on the basis of genomic information. Stricter regulations and enforcement capabilities should be introduced not only at our borders but at the point of origin where food is grown, procured or processed for domestic consumption within the United States. At the same time, the United States must develop a comprehensive preparedness and prevention strategy of international proportions in close coordination with our trading partners and the private sector.
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NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY VOLUME 22 NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 2004
