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News release prepared by: Greg Tammen, 785-532-2535, gtammen@k-state.edu

Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2010

DOCTORAL GRADUATE PENS DISSERTATION ON 1xbet online games login BIOTERRORISM

MANHATTAN -- According to recent news reports, the next venue for a terror threat may involve the use of bio-agents to contaminate the 1xbet online games login supplies of U.S. hotels and restaurants.

Dave Olds, a December 2010 doctoral graduate in hotel, restaurant, institution management and dietetics from Kansas State University, conducted his dissertation on food security and bioterrorism. His dissertation, &1xbet online games login ;Food Defense Management Practices In Private Country Clubs,&1xbet online games login ; examined current safety precautions used by country club restaurants to protect food and beverages, as well as how often those practices were put into effect.

&1xbet online games login ;I identified country clubs because they typically have an exclusive population. They are places often visited by affluent and influential people and their families, and sometimes even government officials,&1xbet online games login ; Olds said.

Other national studies on this venue have not been done, 1xbet online games login said. The idea came from a former K-State study that investigated food bioterrorism in schools and hospitals.

To gather data, 1xbet online games login , a former chef, surveyed country club managers nationally. In the Midwest he toured the facilities of 25 country clubs and visited with club managers.

&1xbet online games login ;I found that intentional contamination of food isn’t perceived to be a very common occurrence by club managers. In fact, most couldn’t recollect an incident happening,&1xbet online games login ; Olds said. &1xbet online games login ;However, it's one of the oldest forms of terrorism, as there are recorded incidents of this happening in Roman history.&1xbet online games login ;

1xbet online games login found that 21 of the 25 club managers said they didn't think bioterrorism was a risk at their country clubs.

Intentional food contamination can come from two groups: those working inside an operation and those working outside an operation. According to 1xbet online games login , club managers felt that disgruntled employees were more likely than non-employees to intentionally contaminate food.

An incident of this nature occurred in 2009 at a Kansas City restaurant, rather than a country club, when it was discovered that a former employee had mixed pesticide into salsa, 1xbet online games login said.

&1xbet online games login ;One of the quotes in a recent news report on food contamination by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said that this is a difficult topic to debate without alarming the public. I think that's very true,&1xbet online games login ; Olds said. &1xbet online games login ;It's really tricky because you want to educate employees and the board of directors, but you don't want to appear to be causing undo panic or even giving people ideas.&1xbet online games login ;