by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 21, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Humanitarian Crises, Privacy, Tariffs, Terrorism
Insects in rapid decline: Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains. The recent decline in bugs that fly,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 24, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Humanitarian Crises, Sustainability, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Several nations building powerful EMP bombs: Food defense professionals should carefully read the report referenced in this article, which details efforts by several nations, including China and Russia, to build powerful nuclear bombs designed to produce...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 3, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Tariffs, Threat Intelligence
Traceability and water quality are key areas: Empty produce shelves greeting consumers at grocery stores after the recent romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak show how much work lies ahead to modernize the nation’s food safety laws. In retrospect, passing the Food...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 8, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Restaurant Security, Tariffs, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
The problem is aging infrastructure: Americans across the country, from rural Appalachia to urban areas like Flint, Mich., or Compton, Calif., are facing a lack of clean, reliable drinking water. At the heart of the problem is a water system in crisis: aging,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jul 25, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Just Interesting, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
And FDA says a key ingredient is GRAS: The Impossible Burger seems too good to be true—an entirely plant-based “meat” that looks and smells and tastes like beef (at least, according to some folks). This burger even bleeds like meat, thanks to a yeast modified to carry...
