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 12, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety, Weather Emergencies
Terrorists vow to strike ‘however we want’: Online ISIS materials have been encouraging jihadists to concentrate on poisoning Australia’s food supplies. The network of ISIS-supporting groups that is waging an online propaganda, incitement and...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 9, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Logistics Security, Public Health, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies
U.K. readies for Brexit disruptions: The U.K. government is making plans to stockpile food and medicine in case a no-deal Brexit, where the U.K. exits the EU next March without any arrangement in place, causes regulatory and customs chaos. The government’s stockpiling...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 7, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Jury awards $473.5 million: A federal jury decided Friday that the world’s largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina industrial-scale hog farms for unreasonable nuisances they suffered from odors, flies and rumbling...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 31, 2017 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Security, Public Health, Water Safety
Thieves get away with more than 600 pumpkins: Whether they are extra-large, painted pink, or even inflatable, thieves are snatching pumpkins at an alarming rate. The most recent haul by sticky-fingered pilferers was the theft of more than 600 pumpkins from a farm in...