Al-Qaida's food bioterror threat looms over UK
Source: TOI
LONDON: Britain is facing an emerging food "bioterrorism" threat from extremist groups like the al-Qaida, a media report said on Sunday.
The British government's security advisers have warned manufacturers and retailers that terror groups might try to poison food, drinks supply in the country to cause widespread casualties, 'The Sunday Telegraph' reported.
The warning from Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), which operates as part of the security service, came in the wake of deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany which has highlighted the vulnerability of the food chain and how quickly bacteria can spread, the report said.
The highly virulent strain has already claimed some 18 lives and left more than 1,800 seriously ill in Germany.
The CPNI has, in fact, asked food and drinks producers, suppliers and supermarkets to tighten security at plants and depots.
A CPNI said, "UK suffers from a low level of malicious contamination of food by the bad, the mad and the sad. Now it has to consider possibility of food supplies being disrupted by politically motivated groups."
LONDON: Britain is facing an emerging food "bioterrorism" threat from extremist groups like the al-Qaida, a media report said on Sunday.
The British government's security advisers have warned manufacturers and retailers that terror groups might try to poison food, drinks supply in the country to cause widespread casualties, 'The Sunday Telegraph' reported.
The warning from Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), which operates as part of the security service, came in the wake of deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany which has highlighted the vulnerability of the food chain and how quickly bacteria can spread, the report said.
The highly virulent strain has already claimed some 18 lives and left more than 1,800 seriously ill in Germany.
The CPNI has, in fact, asked food and drinks producers, suppliers and supermarkets to tighten security at plants and depots.
A CPNI said, "UK suffers from a low level of malicious contamination of food by the bad, the mad and the sad. Now it has to consider possibility of food supplies being disrupted by politically motivated groups."
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