Is food a weapon? 🔪🧨
Unfortunately, the answer is YES! And here's three haunting stories to prove just that 🤯
🍩 Get ready to rethink your next meal as I dissect some historical accounts of poisoned beef, tainted donuts, and bacteria-laden salad bars in the United States 🥗
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0:00 Introduction
1:01 Food Bioterrorism
1:38 Poisoned Ground Beef
4:24 Stolen Bacteria in Pastries
6:51 Cult Attacks Restaurants
✅ What is food bioterrorism? This is when food is purposely tainted to sicken or kill civilians. Most often perpetrators, contaminated the food with bacteria, toxins, and viruses.
✅ Has food terrorism ever occurred? Yes, this video highlights three stories from the U.S. but food bioterrorism dates as far back as 1155 when Emperor Barbossa poisoned well waters with human bodies in Italy.
✅ Why does food bioterrorism happen? Usually it's linked to economic incentives (money, healthcare expenses, lost wages, or lost consumer cost) or for political purposes.
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