Which FSMA provision focuses on preventing adulteration of food during operations?

• A. Intentional Adulteration Standards
• B. Transportation
• C. Third Party Accreditation
• D. Produce Safety Standards

Answer: (A)

Intentional Adulteration Standards focus on preventing deliberate tampering of food during production, processing, packaging, holding, and distribution. This FSMA provision requires facilities to identify vulnerabilities where an attacker could contaminate food and to implement a food defense plan with mitigations to reduce those risks, including appropriate controls and monitoring at key points in operations. It targets security against insider threats and deliberate contamination, rather than general safety controls or transport or farming practices.

Transportation rules address how foods are moved and protected during transit, not the security of operation processes. Produce Safety Standards deal with agricultural practices to prevent contamination at the farm and handling stages. Third party accreditation relates to auditing suppliers, not safeguarding facility operations from intentional adulteration.