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 episode 🍏 * Tomato fraud by big name retailers? - a BBC investigation leaves more questions than answers;* Throwback: Bananas in Peril;* That’s interesting: sugar taxes actually work?🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 168 🍏Cover image: An AI image maker imagines tomato puree production 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 episode 🍏 * The Great Tuna Scam (and what was going on with my salad in New York?);* Packaging corner: drinking straws and hazards in plastic alternatives;* Peek inside a mustard mill.🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 167 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * How Salmonella works;* Anatomy of a food crime;* Revenge of the turkeys (just for fun).🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 166 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Food defence case study: cyberattack threatens allergic consumers* 7 Food safety risks for 2025 and beyond* How crackers are made (just for fun)🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 165 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Verification for food fraud prevention systems* What does a food fraud team look like (and what to do if you can't get one)* Are underweight ingredients a food fraud issue?🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 164 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * How to ace your next food safety audit;* Food safety champion makes melons great again;* Insight: Loud and jumbled food innovations.🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 163 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * What’s new in food safety culture systems;* Haphazard analysis - we can do better* Food crime or fun recipe, you decide (just for fun);🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 162 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Winner of the Food Safety Escape Room competition;* The lost art of auditing outcomes;* Salmonella outbreak unpacked;* Worst fast food launches (just for fun).🍏 For a transcript and sources see Issue 161 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Special edition for World Food Day;* Competition: Food Safety Escape Room.🍏 To view the original post, see Issue 160 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Spotlight on Shigella;* Superweeds (super bad);* Food Safety News and Resources;* Why people knowingly buy fakes;* Food fraud news, emerging risks and recent incidents.🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 159 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Boar’s Head Criminal Investigation?* How millions of tonnes of organic produce were affected by years of fraud in the fertiliser industry;* AI Mushroom Guidebooks (what could possibly go wrong?);* What I’m reading;🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 158 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Four quick bites: Reader response to intrinsic versus extrinsic hazards | Boar’s Head Sanitation Manager spills the dirt | Wurst pun | PFAS in pesticides |* Emerging trends in food fraud (2024);* Food Safety News and Resources;* How rainbow sprinkles are made (just for fun).🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 157 🍏Cover image: Tokyo fish markets in 2015 (by author) 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 episode 🍏 * Global insights from the UK Food Crime Report;* E. coli in leafy greens - a root cause analysis;* Food Safety News and Resources;* Dodgy doctor’s diet advice almost kills baby (not for fun!).🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 156 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Reader insight: Intrinsic versus extrinsic hazards;* Emerging trends in food safety (2024);* Yersinia mystery solved - a case study;* Out now: The Rotten Apple e-book, Issues 126 to 150;🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 155 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Food safety trend: Freezer temperatures to increase?* Sanitation failures and death toll increases in Listeria deli-meat outbreak;* Food Safety News and Resources;* Space beer = good beer.🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 154 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * A Guide to Listeria Controls and Environmental Monitoring Programs;* Bird flu in cows: “This could go pandemic”;* 3 Weird food fraud moments from the past year; * A history of the German cockroach (just for fun).🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 153 🍏Cover image: AI imagines cockroaches 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 episode 🍏 * Three things I’ve learned in 3 years with The Rotten Apple;* What it feels like to be injured by food ;* WGS: the game-changing tech for solving mystery outbreaks;* Learn about food smuggling;* Food fraud news, emerging issues and recent incidents.🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 152 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Postcard from the Aussie food science conference;* Olympic Sport and Contaminated Food;* Lead in Cinnamon, an overview;* The Best Normal Dish For Getting Screwdrivers Out Of Your Food (AI recipes).🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 151 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Save the date: Meet-up on Thursday 15th August;* Herbs and botanicals food fraud overview;* What it’s like to have an E. coli gastric infection;* Take Three for the Sea;🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 150 🍏 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 episode 🍏 * Call for data on lead in spices and tropane alkaloids in foods;* The Curious Case of the French Mineral Water Scandal;* What are carbon-negative foods?;* Food Safety News and Resources;* Chocolate mayonnaise.🍏 For a transcript and links to all sources, see Issue 149 🍏 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