by Jacqueline Kochak | Jun 19, 2017 | Animal Feed Safety, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
During Korean war, ‘fake news’ likely increased intensity of conflict: Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague. This important article provides an interesting historical review of the pathogen being used as a biological weapon. Perhaps most...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Mar 23, 2017 | Animal Feed Safety, Bobs Blog, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Uncategorized, Water Safety
Bribery can be very bad for business: In a dramatic example of why food companies can never be too careful about contamination, Brazil saw its meat exports effectively collapse this week in the wake of a meat inspection scandal. Brazil is struggling to contain the...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Mar 3, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Process Security, Public Health, Uncategorized
OPERATIONAL SECURITY Drones are everywhere: If you haven’t noticed that Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), otherwise known as drones, have been impacting the agriculture industry lately, it may be time to crawl out of your winter hibernation, says Dairy Herd Management...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 20, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Op Sec, Process Security, Public Health, Terrorism
Food Safety News explains that the Internet of Things, aka, IoT, is the connection of one computing device to the internet, which may interconnect to another computing device and exchange information. For the average Joe consumer, this represents enormous opportunity—...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 7, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Process Security, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Uncategorized
TERRORISM About those 78 alleged terrorism attacks: Earlier this week, the White House released a list of 78 terrorist attacks in response to an assertion earlier in the day by President Donald Trump that the “very dishonest press” often doesn’t report on them. Of...