The Rotten Apple Food Safety Podcast

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. In this week’s episode: * STEC numbers are up: What you need to know * Investigation results? What investigation results ( Salmonella in cucumbers) * Food Safety News and Resources * “It’s very very satisfyin...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode, which celebrates World Chocolate Day 🍏 * Why is chocolate so good? * Chocolate and food safety * Chocolate supply chain challenges * Chocolate and food fraud * Food fraud news: recent inc...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Help a researcher out - 2 short surveys * More on Listeria in pasta meals (what the experts say) * Shall we chat? Let me know what you think about community chat for The Rotten Apple *...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Unusual: a deadly Listeria outbreak and recall unpacked * Downloadable training exercise * The weirdest kitchen induction video ever * Food fraud news: The Food Industry Intelligence N...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Addendum * Fish parasites and the small changes that create new risks * Latest food cyberattack * Food Safety News and Resources * Lab-made butter 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Photo competition winners * Melamine adulteration (still a thing) * The toxic pea that causes lameness * Toolbox talk: Record-making 101 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 192...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Member-only archive unlocked! * Photo Competition: win prizes for World Food Safety Day * Leafy greens and STEC, latest research * Tariffs and food fraud - is this the first Liberation...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * 5 Compelling food fraud pictures * Food safety news roundup * Packaging corner: risks from epoxidised soybean oil and updated EU regs * My friend ate fugu! 🍏 For a transcript and sour...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Webinar recording: AI in food fraud prevention; * Bystander intervention in food safety culture; * The role of money laundering in food fraud; * Meanwhile, somewhere in Washington…; 🍏...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Webinar this Thursday; * Food safety freakishness: the weird and wonderful world of food safety and food fraud; * Food safety news roundup; * AI-generated science ‘facts’ are real now....

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Bacillus velezensis , a pathogen you’ve probably never heard of * Food defence case study: Cleaning contractor commits cyber-sabotage * Throw-back: the 2024 cyber attack that put aller...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Allergen management - a complete guide; * What (exactly) is precision fermentation? * Ozempic users buy fewer high-calorie foods (new research); * Reminder: submit your questions for t...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Announcement: AI for food fraud protection - a webinar; * Food Safety Treasure Hunt: Answers and Winners; * From the archives. 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 185 🍏 This is...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Competition: Food Safety Treasure Hunt; * Food fraud news, including a lab allegedly smashed for its role in revealing honey fraud. 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 184 🍏 Th...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * What is Codex (exactly)?; * AI-assisted food safety insights for fats and oils; * Food Safety News and Resources; * Cauliflower ice cream (yum?) 🍏 For a transcript and sources see Iss...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Self-peeling bananas; * Food defence for fresh produce; * Strawberry wars; * Blue cheese moulds and mycotoxins; * A humorous history of fruit and veg breeding. 🍏 For a transcript and...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Animal welfare claims and food fraud; * What is regenerative agriculture, actually?; * The guy who decides Use-by dates; * Food fraud news special: EU Agri-food suspicion reports unpac...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Food fraud in potatoes; * Training: Animal feed safety; * The surprising link between illegal gold mining and chocolate; * An Irishman reviews St Patrick’s Day food (just for fun) ; 🍏...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * How to design a food authenticity testing plan; * Common Mistakes in Recalls; * Out now: The Rotten Apple e-book, Issues 151 to 175 ; * Food fraud in ‘organic’ ricotta. 🍏 For a transc...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Global Food Fraud Trends (2024); * Follow up: Honey rules; * Animal Feed Safety Webinar 13th, 14th March; * Future food policy in Europe. 🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 178...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Honey fraud fight (including insights from the trenches); * Save the date: Feed Safety Webinar 13th, 14th March; * A guide to colour coding for food businesses; * Did the USDA really a...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Crisis management in the food industry; * Rice fraud - more common than you might imagine think; * Follow-up: South Africa poisonings; * Spicy food eaten fast (just for fun). 🍏 For a...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Legume poisoning; * Best back catalogue ever: Announcing our new and improved index; * What I’m reading (misinformation, authenticity and smoked meat); * I poisoned my family. 🍏 For a...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * What is a food safety risk assessment (really?); * Outbreak root cause: Staph toxin in salad; * Follow up: Food Waste Reduction. 🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 174 🍏 This i...

The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. 🍏 In this episode 🍏 * Mystery Food Poisonings Stalk Citizens; * Bongkrekic acid outbreak insights; * 14 rules for bad quality managers. 🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 173 🍏 This is a public epis...