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 🍏

* Mistake proofing in food systems;

* Tara flour declared ‘unapproved’, but not ‘unsafe’ by the US FDA 🤔;

* Why one man put lettuce down his pants;

* A very brief history of gravlax;

* The best crab joke in the universe.

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 139 🍏

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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 🍏

* Erratum (Paprika fraud);

* The world’s most dangerous cheese;

* Palm oil, cocoa, coffee and soy supply shakeup;

* Truly Disturbing Foods (just for fun).

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 138 🍏

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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 🍏

* Case study: Paprika adulterated with carcinogenic dye;

* Plastic safety news: nanoplastics in bottled water, disease costs from plastic and BPA in spandex clothes;

* Egg and sandwich puns (Just for fun);

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 137 🍏

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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 🍏

* Save time by listening, now on your favourite podcast app;

* E. coli in leafy greens, new knowledge;

* Salmonella in salmon;

* On fire extinguishers and cookies, fries and breast implants (just for fun)

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 136 🍏

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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 🍏

* Crustacean-related food safety risks in new foods;

* Food defence 101;

* Top 5 food safety non-conformances;

* Crabs, Crabs, Crabs.

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 135 🍏

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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 🍏

* A Rare, Deadly Food-borne Illness Strikes Diners;

* Learnings from the UK meat scandal (one year on);

* Tropane alkaloid poisoning from leafy greens - new insights;

* Job Done! WHO/FAO Food Allergen Risk Assessments Completed.

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 134 🍏

Cover image: Street food in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, used under licence

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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 🍏

* ATP testing in food safety - an introduction;

* Top 10 root causes of allergen-related recalls;

* Food Safety News and Resources;

* Mac n Cheese Ice Cream (Just for fun).

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 133 🍏

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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 🍏

* Is ChatGPT getting dumber?;

* Snails and sloths - food labelling changes by the USDA;

* Fools Foods for 1st April;

* Two long reads for your holiday pleasure.

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 132 🍏

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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 🍏

* Case study: How massive quantities of soybeans and corn turned “organic” in the blink of an eye;

* Banana extinction - a new hope;

* Are egg shells weaker than before?;

* The raw chicken challenge;

* 🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 131 🍏

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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 safety training exercise, What’s Wrong with This Picture?;

* Packaging Corner: PFAS phase out, red colours on packs, wanna buy a Russian oligarch’s factory?

* FSSC version 6 - what you need to know;

* When Flies Eat (Just for Fun);

🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 130 🍏

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