by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 21, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Public Health, Tariffs, The Future, Weather Emergencies
Seizure of white farms begins: The first salvos of what will be a very ugly campaign commenced with the seizures of two white-owned farms in South Africa. In both cases, the below-market-value buy-out offers were refused. Violence has been escalating over the last...
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 3, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Just Interesting, Public Health, Threat Intelligence
Fat cats: Like most cats, Max had a swagger in his walk. But because he was slightly overweight, the 15-year-old Maine coon began having trouble “jumping up on things,” his owner says, the extra pounds worsening his arthritis. So his owner decided her pet needed to go...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jul 18, 2017 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Uncategorized, Water Safety
Chipotle’s shares tumble—again: Chipotle’s food safety woes are not over. The chain confirmed Tuesday that several customers who ate at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Sterling, Virginia, reported symptoms of norovirus after eating at the chain. So far eight...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 27, 2016 | Bobs Blog, Public Health
Don Burrows, a feature writer for InvestorPlace.com, notes that social media has made it difficult for Chipotle Mexican Grill to recover after food poisoning incidents last year sickened some 500 customers of the fast-casual chain in 11 states. “It increasingly looks...
