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: * Introduction to an illegal colourant: Auramine O* Tomato paste: ripe for fraud* Are PVC gloves unsafe?* Prodded, poked and punctured (Just for fun)* Food Fraud News and Recent Incidents🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 217 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Risky tableware* Food Safety News and Resources, including infant botulism update* Pumpkin spice - a modern miracle (and food safety nightmare)* Food fraud news + the worst forgery ever🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 216 🍏Cover image: Testing wheat-based tableware, Sousa et. al (2025) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Food irradiation: an introduction for food professionals* Case study: Botulism from labelling error (+ a happy ending for once!)* Packaging Corner* Pastry Twister🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 215 🍏Cover image: Food irradiation, Mshelia et al (2022) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Case study of a pasta disaster* Follow-up: Poka yoke in food manufacturing* Food Safety News and Resources* Mushroom cultivation (+ building a robust calibration system)🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 214 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Free food safety resources* Change management is coming to food safety* 5 Change management templates* Poll results and shocking stats for GFSI-certified sites🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 213 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Controversial new GFSI auditor requirements* Food fraud requirements in food safety standards* Disappearing tequila* Howling for leftovers🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 212 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Disgusting food fraud trend: waste diversion + organised crime groups* 4 Surprising truths about food safety training* Food Safety News and Resources (including high levels of lead in two-thirds of protein supplements)* Best beef lesson ever* Food fraud news: horsemeat and beef (the tables turn)🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 211 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Fake Coke follow-up* Not just shrimp! More radioactive foods found in the U.S.* Food Fraud 2015 to 2035: Insights from Industry Leaders* Food fraud news from iComplai’s AI-powered food safety and food fraud intelligence platform🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 210 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Counterfeit Diet Coke in London?* Horizon scanning explainer* Food safety news and resources roundup* Fake food (for real)🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 209 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy foods: current status + new research* Mystery mass poisoning in the United Kingdom* Food safety news and resources* Fashion fraud (just for fun)🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 208 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Food fraud mitigations: a guide (+ templates and examples)* The flesh-eating bacterium that causes deadly foodborne illnesses* A new food defence threat: smart glasses* Quality versus production (just for fun)* Food fraud: counterfeiting incident with chocolate🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 207 🍏Cover image: Fabrikasimf on Freepik This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Living dangerously with the latest food trend* Consumer-derived outbreak data - a fascinating peek* Frozen veg recalls: can we quantify the risks?* WTF is high fructose corn syrup* Food fraud news: berry scandal in Australia🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 206 🍏Listen to the consumer data webinar here.Cover image: DineSafe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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 special episode, I talk with John Points the Technical Director of the Food Authenticity Network (FAN) to get an up-to-the-minute perspective on testing for food fraud. In the conversation, we discuss:* What are the options for authenticity testing for a medium-sized food business in 2025;* How to find methods, laboratories and resources, and* How testing fits into a best-practice food fraud mitigation plan.🍏 Click here for a transcript 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Food fraud testing in 2025 and beyond* Weird: the price of sugar* Kitchen fails (mostly fun)🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 205 🍏Listen to the food fraud testing conversation here.Cover image: DC Studio on Freepik This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: · Webinar invitation: innovation in early warnings for outbreaks· The scariest food invention of the decade· Update: radioactive shrimp· Silliest shrimp memes from the past week 😁🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 204 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: · Consumer-derived outbreak data - a new tool in the toolbox· Downloadable e-book: Issues 176 to 200· Rare: a food fraud recall· Food Safety News and Resources· Radioactive shrimp unpacked· Food fraud news: undercover honey investigation + methanol in paprika explained🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 203 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Follow-up: botulism root cause and manslaughter charge* “I nearly lost him”… a heartbreaking story of food safety failure* Food Safety News and Resources* What does cultivated meat really taste like - 15 consumers share their experience🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 202 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Shocking figures for (supposedly) antibiotic-free meat* Unusual pathogen-food combo: botulinum in avocado pulp* Global food safety watch: a ‘low and slow’ outbreak from potatoes?* Cocaine vs olive oil🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 201 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * Celebrating 4 years of The Rotten Apple* Special offer* Popular post: Tropane alkaloids: plant toxins that kill* Best of ‘Just for Fun’🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 200 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe

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: * A Comprehensive Guide to Glass Policies and Procedures (+ templates and examples)* Olive crisis update - are we out of the woods?* 233 children poisoned by cooks at a childcare centre* Food fraud news, incidents and horizon scanning🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 199 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe