EMAlert is a secure and intuitive web-based software tool that allows food manufacturers to analyze and understand their company-specific economically motivated adulteration vulnerabilities.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), Washington, D.C., partnered with Battelle Memorial Institute, a non-profit research and development organization based in Columbus, Ohio, to develop EMAlert, a secure and intuitive web-based software tool that allows food manufacturers to rapidly analyze and understand their individual, company-specific economically motivated adulteration (EMA) vulnerabilities in the manufacturing process.
"The impact on any particular company can range from minor economic damage to the potential loss of economic viability of the organization," says Shannon Cooksey, vice president of science policy and regulatory affairs for GMA. "GMA joined with Battelle to develop a better way of prioritizing the actual risks to specific commodity supply chains at any time, so that decision makers can best apply their resources to the vulnerabilities of greatest importance."