University aims to thwart terrorist threats to food supply

The University of Minnesota officially launched its new research center on food safety on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded the university $15 million over three years to fund the center. The U's research will focus on ways to protect the country's food supply from natural contamination or terrorist attack. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman attended the launch announcement at the U's Minneapolis campus.

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