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Food Safety: Federal, State Officials Discuss Agriculture Security U.S. and Mississippi officials met yesterday to discuss ways to prevent a terrorist attack on the state’s agricultural industry, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, June 12). Mississippi could be an attractive target for terrorists seeking to attack the U.S. food supply because agriculture is the state’s largest industry, said state Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell. In addition, terrorists could attempt to steal cropdusting aircraft for use in bioterrorist attacks, he said. Steve Gains of the U.S. Agriculture Department said the department is working to educate farmers on how to protect themselves against terrorist attacks. “Terrorist groups are interested in agricultural commodities,” he said (Deborah Bulkeley, Associated Press/Jackson Clarion-Ledger, July 31).
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