by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 20, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Latest case involves strawberries from Mexico: Commercial food and agriculture are increasingly encountering problems when illegal substances are being co-mingled with food shipments. This problem will have to be addressed, or eventually food corporations will...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 20, 2018 | Animal Feed Safety, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Public Health, Threat Intelligence
But watch out for Salmonella: Just in time for Thanksgiving, consumers are worrying about whether the turkey they are buying for the holiday is contaminated with Salmonella. A multistate outbreak of drug-resistant Salmonella linked to raw turkey products has been...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 7, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Threat Intelligence, Uncategorized
The Italian wine grape harvest is having its earliest start in a decade due to the effects of the summer’s heatwave and drought. The Coldiretti agricultural lobby said Italian wine production is expected to be 10 percent to 15 percent lower than last year due to...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 24, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Process Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
PROCESS SECURITY The “EWWW” factor: A customer in Great Britain claims she was served a plate of food that has already been given to someone else. She says the food was already half-eaten, although a restaurant spokesman disputes that. Nonetheless, the incident was...