Britain’s food industry supply chains remain susceptible to a range of disruptive events according to a report undertaken by Cranfield University for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Emergency planning has been under the spotlight since 9/11, but as New Orleans learned to its cost, serious disruptions to our way of life can come in many guises. As the findings of the year long study show, these do not have to be sudden onset events like a hurricane or terrorist attack.Author of the report, Dr Helen Peck of Cranfield University, found that whilst the industry continues to make progress towards implementing robust business continuity management (BCM) much remains to be done. “While the UK is good at dealing with sudden onset emergencies such as the 7/7 bombings, we remain less well prepared for the less obvious or well understood phenomenon of ‘creeping crises”, she said.
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