Article Out Loud – Food Defense in the Special Event Environment

This is an article by Joshua Dise, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, January 28, 2026.Food is often overlooked in special event security, even though it is a critical ingredient of special events and operates largely outside security perimeters. Food defense is a coordination problem, not a technical one. Learn how making it routine will require tighter integration between security planning and public health as events grow more complex.Now to the featured article.