US: Food and Agriculture System Criticality Assessment tool now available - (National Agricultural Library)
March 12, 2008 – 7:04 pmFAS-CAT 1.0 has been released by the National Center for Food Protection & Defense. Resources include:
1) The Food and Agriculture System Criticality Assessment Tool (FAS-CAT);
2) Included in the tool are spreadsheets that provide the publically available information on many food and agriculture commodities to help focus efforts.
3) A copy of the food and agriculture sector commodity input-output chart
4) Example flow charts to illustrate the supply chain for a few commodity and processed goods in food and agriculture;
5) Four example scenarios of potential attacks on the food and agriculture system (being finalized).
A Guidance Document may be downloaded along with the spreadsheets at:
http://www.ncfpd.umn.edu/index.cfm
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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=24789
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