by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 9, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Threat Intelligence
Everybody talks about Russia, but what about China? The potential for cyber warfare between the U.S.and Russia is openly discussed, and well understood, but few people talk about China and cyberwar. The reason is simple. China is already engaged in its own form of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 7, 2018 | Animal Feed Safety, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Public Health, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
There are thousands of towns like Enterprise, La.: Virginia Tech engineering professor Marc Edwards calls it America’s “dirty little secret.” Tiny towns like Enterprise, La.—population 250— are stuck with aging infrastructure that they can’t...
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 | Sep 27, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Public Health, Water Safety, Weird Stuff
Strawberries were a wake-up call: Food contamination has been a regular feature in Australian news headlines over the past fortnight. The discovery of needles in strawberries and other fruit has been the main cause of concern, with incidents spreading across the...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 26, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Tariffs, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Not likely, but pressure will be applied in other ways: Direct intervention by U.S. military forces in Venezuela is deemed unlikely by this analyst. That being said, the political and humanitarian crises in the South American country is becoming untenable. Venezuela...