by William Cahalin | May 7, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Industry Technology, Food Security, Food Technology, Operations Security, Perimeter Security, Personnel Security, Terrorism
Bob Norton’s latest article in Food Safety Magazine: Food defense planning often concentrates solely on protecting food products from intentional contamination. In the evolving world of adversary and defender, however, it is also necessary to consider the...
by William Cahalin | Apr 26, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Border Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Technology, Just Interesting, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Uncategorized, Venezuela
Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made catastrophic, unprecedented landfall Wednesday afternoon: This came just weeks after Tropical Cyclone Idai’s catastrophic storm surge and rainfall flooding swamped parts of central Mozambique. READ MORE Food Technology Robots might...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Apr 17, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Featured, Food Industry Technology, Food Retail, Food Safety, Food Technology, One Health, Public Health, Restaurant Security
Some packages of Chips Ahoy! Chewy chocolate chip cookies have been recalled nationwide due to possible contamination with an “unexpected solidified ingredient.” The company did not specify what the ingredient was, but said it received reports of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 9, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Threat Intelligence
Everybody talks about Russia, but what about China? The potential for cyber warfare between the U.S.and Russia is openly discussed, and well understood, but few people talk about China and cyberwar. The reason is simple. China is already engaged in its own form of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 3, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
If China invades Taiwan, maybe so: The strategic situation relative to Taiwan will likely deteriorate in 2019, as China continues to flex its military muscle. An invasion of the country by China would prove catastrophic to the world economy and could cause the U.S. to...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 12, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Just Interesting, Terrorism, The Future, Water Safety
This lab is working on it: In the foothills of a mountain in a rural part of Japan northwest of Tokyo, a farm called Toriyama painstakingly breeds and raises cattle to make Wagyu beef–delicately marbled meat that sells for around $100 a pound. In a lab in San...