Vulnerability Assessment

Ingredient Group: Salt

Summary of Evidence Collected by Site
Likelihood of Occurrence Likelihood of Occurrence

Foreign material issues have been seen in the past Very likely/
Historic incidents Very Unlikely Unlikely Fairly likely Likely
certain
none
Very likely/
Emerging concerns (recent news or events)
certain

Likelihood of Detection
The salt (NaCl) grade used in our process is fairly stable. Only fluctuations in salt
used for deicing roads due to variable demand year to year and reflected
Economic factors/price fluctuations variable supply. Likely

Geographic origins/length and complexity of the Salt mines are abundant

Fairly likely
supply chain
Ease of access to raw materials (e.g. long or Easily accessible via mining.
convoluted supply chains that allow multiple points of UnLikely
entry for fraudulent material
Very Unlikely
Availability (a.g.seasonality/harvest variability) readily available all seasons
Availability or adulterants unlikely but could adulterate with anti caking agent.
Complexity an cost of committing the fraud too complex and costly to be viable. Use the arrows to indicate where the risk falls in the quadratic model.
Site Conclusion for likelihood of occurrence: Very unlikely
Likelihood of Detection Summary of Evidence Collected by Site
Geographic origin no risk based on geographic origin
Length and complexity of the supply chain bought thru broker
Physical form (e.g. whole items, chopped, minced, powder
powdered or liquid)
Existing controls (e.g. supply chain audits) Document review, 3rd party audit
none
Routine product testing (consider both the types of
test used i.e. how likely they are to detect any
adulterated materials, and the frequency at which the
tests are completed).

Ease of access to the raw materials (e.g. broken seals required to be intact
tamper-proof seals are clear evidence of the attempt
to access)
Relevant audits (i.e. those which consider third party audited
adulteration, traceability, mass balance testing, etc.)
Site Conclusion for likelihood of detection: Very likely