The Real Cost of a Food Safety Breach
A breach that manipulates or erases monitoring records can put you out of FSMA compliance and turn safe product into suspect product, fast.
Key Takeaways
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) were designed to prevent hazards in process and product.
- The modern hazard landscape must include data integrity.
If an attacker alters a cook-step temperature, disables an environmental sensor, or spoofs a lab result, but the system still records a “pass,” you have an undetected process deviation.
That’s not only a cyber incident; it’s a potential adulteration and a records problem under 21 CFR Part 117. FSMA’s records provisions require that monitoring and verification records contain the actual values and observations.
When those “actuals” are corrupted, missing, or untrustworthy due to tampering, you can’t demonstrate control — setting up recalls and regulatory actions.
Author's summary: Cyber breaches can compromise food safety and compliance.
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