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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w...5/bush_not_alarmed_by_warning_on_food_supply/...Thompson had said he worries "every single night" about a possible terror attack on the food supply, and despite dramatic increases in inspections of food imports, only "a very minute amount" of food is tested at ports and airports.
"For the life of me, I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do," Thompson said. "We are importing a lot of food from the Middle East, and it would be easy to tamper with that."
Thompson was the latest of eight members to quit Bush's 15-member Cabinet as the president moves into a second term. [continued]
having done a lot of work in the food industry [large scale production applications] and I can certainly vouch for the danger. In fact I have commented on this fact many times while on-site. I hate to say how easy it would be.