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: * Sketchy sauce competition (the food waste challenge)* AI-powered systems for food waste reduction* Food safety news and resources roundup* Packaging corner: PFAS in paper-based packaging🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 258 🍏 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: * Mycotoxins in food: What you need to know* Follow-up: Cronobacter settlement $385 million* Save time with The Rotten Apple podcast on Spotify🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 257 🍏 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: * What’s really in wine? (Additives and processing aids explored)* Your feedback needed: GFSI benchmarking of FFSC 22000* The disturbing reason Corn Flakes were invented🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 256 🍏 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: * Supplier Approval Programs — from A to Z* Corruption in Food Supply Chains: What Does It Look Like, How Do We Prevent It?* What do ants taste like?🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 255 🍏 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: * 3 food safety hazards no one was thinking about* Out now: The Rotten Apple e-book* The well-travelled fish finger* Food fraud news: Do we finally have a Codex definition for food fraud?🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 254 🍏Cover image: PFAS in potato plants near a military conflict, Shy et al., 2026 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