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Biological weapons: Another threat from North Korea

by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 23, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence

Preparation is ‘urgent and necessary’: Under the cover of farm facilities, North Korean chemists may be weaponizing some the world’s deadliest diseases—such as smallpox, Black Death and cholera—which could lay waste to millions of people if an epidemic...

How private companies retaliate against hackers

by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 20, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism

Hacking back: The plan was to hack the hackers. Cybercriminals had targeted a global bank’s customers with phishing emails to break into their accounts. The victim could just as easily have been a global food company. The legal option—waiting for law enforcement to...

Florida dairies are back to milking—just in time

by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 13, 2017 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Water Safety

By Stephanie Ostrowski, DVM What you didn’t know about milk cows: Most people are vaguely aware that cows typically get milked twice a day. They are less likely to understand how and why it is important that dairy cows not miss a milking—as is likely to happen...

Irma threatens $1.2 billion fresh produce production

by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 8, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Security, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety

Orange juice futures and sugar prices higher: Hurricane Irma is threatening to wreak havoc on Florida farmlands, threatening $1.2 billion worth of production in the top U.S. grower of fresh tomatoes, oranges, green beans, cucumbers, squash and sugarcane. The storm...

Major retailers restocking hurricane supplies

by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 6, 2017 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Threat Intelligence

Walmart, Home Depot and others are getting ready for Irma: For consumers stocking up on hurricane supplies, help is on the way. Walmart Stores said it has activated its Emergency Operations Center for Hurricane Irma to “get those shelves stocked as soon as possible,”...

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