by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 14, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Humanitarian Crises
Florida stateline Disneyworld foodservice worker diagnosed in late January: In the month of January alone, 189 hepatitis A cases were reported in 26 Florida counties. The number of reported hepatitis A cases more than doubled from 2016 to 2017 after remaining...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 13, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Sustainability, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
We can think of only one reason: Russian authorities and major internet providers are planning to disconnect the country from the internet as part of a planned experiment, Russian news agency RosBiznesKonsalting (RBK) reported last week. This is significant, as it is...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 11, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Sustainability, Threat Intelligence
Food and ag corporations could be caught in crossfire: The situation in Venezuela continues to deteriorate. Public safety is increasingly threatened as the government intensifies its crackdown on the political opposition, whether real or imagined. As is...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 7, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Sustainability, Threat Intelligence, Weird Stuff
The prion disease is now in 25 states: Just as hunters have been stalking deer and elk, so, too, has a deadly brain disease been stalking their four-legged quarry. Known as a chronic wasting disease (CWD), it infects deer, elk, and moose. It was first confirmed in...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 1, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Jennifer Buscemi should really frighten you: “Deepfakes” are a clear and present danger for food corporations. At some point in the very near future, the technology will be sufficiently developed and dispersed to enable adversaries to directly target food and...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 24, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Humanitarian Crises, Sustainability, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Several nations building powerful EMP bombs: Food defense professionals should carefully read the report referenced in this article, which details efforts by several nations, including China and Russia, to build powerful nuclear bombs designed to produce...
