Food Terrorism

Abstract

Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0) ABSTRACT Terrorism is the premeditated use of violence or intimidation by individuals or groups to obtain a political or religious objective. Food terrorism is an intentional contamination of the food intended to inflict harm, cause illness/death, or produce mass food poisoning. It is an old concept that uses food as a weapon of attack. The main terrorists can resort to food terrorism. Their intention is to injure members of the population at large. This paper provides a brief introduction to food terrorism.