The FBI is taking a bigger interest in U.S. food safety, focusing specifically on intentional contamination and spending more resources on tracking incidents, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Thomas Rosato said during a briefing held by the University of Minnesota’s National Center for Food Protection and Defense.

While the FDA and other agencies focus on incidents of foodborne illnesses from produce or other products,  the FBI steps in when when a person or organization tampers with the food supply, for reasons ranging from terrorism to economic motives.

“It starts with an understanding that we are in a fight,” Rosato said. “There are people who would try to harm and terrorize through the food system.”

I wasn’t even aware that we had a Homeland Security Food Protection and Defense Department!  Read the rest of the article here.