CARVER+Shock and Business Process Management in Improving Food Safety of Primary Production

Context: Food safety is essential for every human. It determines public health, nutrition, elimination of hunger, and the promotion sustainable agriculture. crucial production, consumption, international food trade. Ensuring fundamental challenge 21st century. often related to defense includes protection against intentional contamination with various chemical, biological, or other harmful substances. By introducing tools methods, any company reduces risk creates an opportunity generate more significant reliable profits improved production society. One such method could be CARVER+Shock. The offensive targeting prioritization tool that has been adapted use in sector. Objective: article aims present experience first implementation CARVER+Shock a Polish primary company, improve approach defense. Methods: case study. Descriptive analysis was performed analyze legal acts management standards authors used expert estimate companies’ vulnerability. CARVER acronym Criticality, Accessibility, Recoverability, Vulnerability, Effect, Recognizability. visualization were made using business process modeling (VACD diagram) Results conclusions: Primary enterprise dealing cultivation confectioning pre-treatment sale peeled onions further processing purposes examined. Five stages assessed, risks assigned. Recognizability criticality turned out most attribute Overall, study showed not fully prepared threat posed by terrorism. organization did have procedures describing how proceed during deliberate attacks. In addition, workers had low awareness throughout chain. Based on these conclusions, several detailed improvement actions formulated. results obtained from pioneering application may constitute benchmark sectors industry, both domestically abroad. Significance: describes attempts enterprise.