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