First responder to Homeland Port Security? Starbucks!
Port security study finds Central and South
American container shipping not up to secure standards. Starbucks first to
respond.
Starbucks Corp. announced Wednesday it will install high-tech sensors to detect tampering with its cargo containers filled with coffee beans shipped from Guatemala to Europe or the United States.
Starbucks, the world’s leading coffee retailer, had participated in an ongoing study by the Homeland Security Department that warned such containers can be opened secretly during shipment to add or remove items without alerting authorities.
The $75 million, three-year study, called “Operation Safe Commerce,” said such risks could allow terrorists to smuggle weapons of mass destruction into the United States. The study is considered “sensitive security information
We’re always pleased to learn that Homeland Insecurity has their priorities together.
Posted: Fri - March 17, 2006 at 05:48 AM