by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 12, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Just Interesting, Terrorism, The Future, Water Safety
This lab is working on it: In the foothills of a mountain in a rural part of Japan northwest of Tokyo, a farm called Toriyama painstakingly breeds and raises cattle to make Wagyu beef–delicately marbled meat that sells for around $100 a pound. In a lab in San...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 4, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Water Safety
The concern is Salmonella: Following an expanded recall issued this week, JBS Tolleson Inc. has now recalled about more than 6,000 tons of non-intact raw beef products over concerns of contamination by Salmonella Newport. The initial recall of nearly 7 million pounds...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 27, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Public Health, Water Safety, Weird Stuff
Strawberries were a wake-up call: Food contamination has been a regular feature in Australian news headlines over the past fortnight. The discovery of needles in strawberries and other fruit has been the main cause of concern, with incidents spreading across the...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 25, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Water Safety
Drones and bees: Drones deliver packages, assist on search-and-rescue missions, and gather weather data. Now, scientists are developing diminutive drones to perform an even more precise task: pollination. News of widespread declines in bee populations, including the...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 21, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Public Health, Tariffs, The Future, Weather Emergencies
Seizure of white farms begins: The first salvos of what will be a very ugly campaign commenced with the seizures of two white-owned farms in South Africa. In both cases, the below-market-value buy-out offers were refused. Violence has been escalating over the last...
