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Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Considering Vulnerabilities, Threats and Gaps in Plant and Food Biosecurity; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Vulnerabilities; 1.3 Natural Vulnerabilities; 1.4 Accidents; 1.5 Malicious Actions; 1.6 Assessing Vulnerabilities and Gaps; 1.7 Learning Lessons; 1.8 Microbiological Examination; 1.9 Other Critical Control Points; 1.10 Risk Prioritisation; 1.11 PESTLE; 1.12 Political; 1.13 Economic; 1.14 Sociological; 1.15 Technological; 1.15.1 Infectious Dose; 1.15.2 Incubation Period; 1.15.3 Primary Route of Transmission; 1.15.4 Diagnostic Method Availability

1.15.5 Health Impacts1.15.6 Legal Consequences; 1.16 Environmental Considerations; 1.16.1 PESTLE Outputs; 1.17 Plant Risk Assessments; 1.18 PlantFoodSec; 1.19 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Characterization of the Threat Resulting from Plant Pathogen Use as Anti-crop Bioweapons: An EU Perspective on Agroterrorism; 2.1 Introduction and General Concerns; 2.2 Historical Review of Agroterrorism and Anti-crop Bioweapons: Starting Point of the Characterization and Contextualized of the Threat in Europe; 2.2.1 First Type of Threat: From Military State Programs to Allegations of Attacks

2.2.2 Second Type of Threat: From 'Rogue State' Secret Programs to Emerging Terrorist Groups2.2.3 Third Type of Threat: Biocrime, Sabotage, Private Allegations and Conspiracy Theories on Social Media; 2.2.4 Fourth Type of Threat: From the Application of Phytosanitary or Sanitary Measures in Response to Deliberate Introduction of a Regulated Pest to Justify Trade Protectionism; 2.3 List of Targets Crops and Pests as Biological Data Base: Starting Point of a Prospective Approach to Quantify the Risk in Europe; 2.3.1 Types of Scenarios, Human Dimension of the Threat

2.3.2 Target Crops, First Component of the Biological Dimension of the Threat2.3.3 Pests Used as Bioweapons, Second Component of the Biological Dimension of the Threat; 2.4 Prospect for Risk Assessment and Management in the Next Decade; 2.4.1 Evolution and Contextualization of the Threat in Europe; 2.4.2 Current and Future Answers to Agroterrorism: Real or False Solutions?; References; Chapter 3: Vulnerabilities, Threats and Gaps in Food Biosecurity; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Sites Vulnerable to Microbial or Toxic Contamination

3.3 Basic Biology and Agricultural Systems, as Well as Foodborne Illnesses, Associated with Fresh Produce Production and Distribution, and of Foodborne Illnesses in the EU and Associated Nations3.4 Needs for Traceback Capability; 3.5 Closing Comments; References; Chapter 4: Recent Outbreaks of Human Pathogens on Plants (HPOPs) on Fresh Produce - Lessons Learned from the Practice; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Most Common Foodborne Pathogens Found on Fresh Produce; 4.3 The Most Common Mycotoxins Found on Fresh Produce