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Recalls could impact tens of thousands of people

by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 23, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety

A complex and interconnected food system: In an historic flurry of recalls in the past few days, companies have recalled nearly 2,000 tons of food. So far, food companies that supply ready-to-eat salads, sandwich wraps and other products to big-name customers like...

Chinese espionage has targeted agriculture, too

by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 12, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies

Intellectual theft continues: The arrest of a Chinese intelligence official in Belgium this week on espionage charges and subsequent extradition to the United States has raised the already fraught tensions between the U.S. and China. The suspect stands accused of...

Now there’s a looming tequila crisis

by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 8, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Uncategorized, Water Safety

A shortage of agave is caused by demand: In the heartland of the tequila industry, in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco, a worsening shortage of agave caused by mounting demand for the liquor from New York to Tokyo has many producers worried. The price of Agave...

Supermarket price wars getting more intense

by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 9, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Terrorism, Weather Emergencies

And Amazon is not the cause: The price war in the American grocery aisle is getting more intense. And believe it or not, the reason isn’t Amazon.com Inc. Amazon’s debut as a brick-and-mortar grocery chain last year sent tremors through the supermarket industry, with...

What is the Internet of Things?

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—...
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