Latest Terrorist Threat is Poisoning of Food Supply
The Homeland Security Department in 2010 identified a terrorist plan to contaminate salad bars and buffets at restaurants and hotels with lethal materials, CBS News reported.
The strikes involving ricin and cyanide would have occurred during one weekend at a significant number of establishments. The would-be poisoners are suspected of having connections to the extremist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has been tied to a number of plots against the United States.