by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 1, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Tariffs, Threat Intelligence
Smithfield is reassessing disaster preparedness: The biggest U.S. pork producer is reassessing its disaster preparedness following Hurricane Florence. The pork industry could relocate additional hog farms on floodplains after this month’s hurricane swamped dozens of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jul 6, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Tariffs, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety, Weather Emergencies
Basic sewage and water infrastructure lacking: Many communities from the Black Belt to Appalachia lack basic sewage and water infrastructure. In economically distressed regions like Lowndes County in Alabama, this lack has led to a surge in poverty-related tropical...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 15, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Water Safety, Weird Stuff
They say they are exploited by big companies: An organization representing the interests of small farmers across rural America fired a legal salvo Thursday aimed at the Trump administration. The lawsuit was filed by the Organization for Competitive Markets —a...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jun 30, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Tap water is safe to drink, but don’t get it up your nose: A potentially deadly amoeba has been detected in a Louisiana water system, and while officials say tap water is safe to drink, they are urging people to avoid getting it in their noses. The Louisiana...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Apr 21, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
A bioterrorist attack that could wipe out 30 million people in less than a year is becoming increasingly likely because it is easier than ever to create and spread deadly pathogens, Microsoft founder Bill Gates warned during an interview with the United...