by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 19, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Public Health, Sustainability, The Future
Without their permission: According to a New York Times report, Facebook gave companies like Spotify, Netflix and Microsoft access to users’ private data, sometimes without their knowledge. The report alleged that Russian search engine Yandex and China’s...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 6, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, The Future, Threat Intelligence
They could eventually impact world economy: The situation in France bears close attention. Fuel tax rises which have led to weeks of violent protests in France have now been postponed for six months, but new data just in shows that in 2017 France became the most...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 4, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Water Safety
The concern is Salmonella: Following an expanded recall issued this week, JBS Tolleson Inc. has now recalled about more than 6,000 tons of non-intact raw beef products over concerns of contamination by Salmonella Newport. The initial recall of nearly 7 million pounds...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 16, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies
An outbreak plagues a shelter housing fire evacuees: Norovirus has broken out at a Butte County shelter housing Camp Fire evacuees, and an outbreak is suspected at a second shelter. Fifteen to 20 people staying at Neighborhood Church of Chico have become ill, and lab...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 8, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Restaurant Security, The Future, Uncategorized, Weather Emergencies
California voters approve Prop 12: California voters overwhelmingly (by 61 percent) approved a measure Tuesday requiring that all eggs sold in the state come from cage-free hens by 2022. Proposition 12 also bans the sale of pork and veal in California from farm...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 31, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Public Health, Sustainability
Smithfield expanding pilot program: The world’s largest pork company said it’s going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding a pilot program that traps methane and burns the gas to generate...
