by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 12, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies
Freight market may be washed out: Hurricane Florence is expected to disrupt freight markets, possibly disrupting supply chains and throwing the market off balance. According to FreightWaves, the storm could wreak havoc on spot rates and capacity in the market....
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jul 9, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Just Interesting, Tariffs, Water Safety
The issue is transparency: The world’s top food companies and farmers of crops such as beet sugar are pitted against each other as they lobby the U.S. government over plans to label genetically engineered ingredients. At the heart of the issue is transparency over...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 14, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
The U.S. South, too, could experience more hot, dry days: If current projections hold, Cape Town, South Africa, a city of four million, will run out of water on May 11 after three long years of severe drought. The coastal city is considering building an expensive,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 31, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Weird Stuff
No illnesses reported: Panera Bread has announced it is preemptively recalling all of the 2 ounce and 8 ounce cream cheese products sold at its 2,000 U.S. locations. The fast-casual chain said it had made its decision “out of an abundance of caution” after...
