PAS 96:2026 Food Defence - Protection and Prevention from Deliberate Acts

Guidance to help food business operators to understand modern threat landscapes and assess, manage, and reduce risks.

A strategic, evidence-based guide for resilience and future-readiness

Strengthens protection and resilience across food supply chains in an evolving threat landscape.
Helps businesses identify vulnerabilities, apply mitigation controls, and deter intentional harm.
Sets a management system for supply chains against intentional, malicious, or fraudulent attacks.
Enables proportionate controls to improve preparedness and confidence in food safety and continuity.
Reflects recent food defence cases, updated cybercrime threat, TACCP process alignment, and more.
Useful for organizations across the food and drink supply chain, from producers to service providers.