After warming up on hockey, baseball and other things, the guys dig into the CDC's scaling back of FoodNet as well as budget cuts ending some federally supported nutrition education. The conversation turns to digital foods safety as the guys chat through a couple of things that Ben's group has been working on and how data is great but doing some sort of analysis can be tough. The guys talk a bit about Dubai's FoodWatch system and how digitization of food safety info can be shared with regulators. The conversation shifts to the requisite Canadian content regarding the analysis of a Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based beverages and the Glob and Mail's reporting on algorithmic inspection issues. They also discuss a Consumer Reports piece on high lead levels in cinnamon and spice mixes, tying it to risk communication and cultural food practices. The finish the meat of the show by talking about a really weird food safety event: radioactive shrimp being removed from commerce linked to shipping container contamination discovered at numerous US ports.
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After warming up on hockey, baseball and other things, the guys dig into the CDC's scaling back of FoodNet as well as budget cuts ending some federally supported nutrition education. The conversation turns to digital foods safety as the guys chat through a couple of things that Ben's group has been working on and how data is great but doing some sort of analysis can be tough. The guys talk a bit about Dubai's FoodWatch system and how digitization of food safety info can be shared with regulators. The conversation shifts to the requisite Canadian content regarding the analysis of a Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based beverages and the Glob and Mail's reporting on algorithmic inspection issues. They also discuss a Consumer Reports piece on high lead levels in cinnamon and spice mixes, tying it to risk communication and cultural food practices. The finish the meat of the show by talking about a really weird food safety event: radioactive shrimp being removed from commerce linked to shipping container contamination discovered at numerous US ports.
In this episode Ben and Don are joined by not one, but two(!) mystery guests. In a surprise twist, Ben actually gets both correct (sorry for the spoiler). Kaitlyn Casuli and Dylan Bickers join the guys to talk about their food safety (and non-food safety) journeys, IAFP experiences and some other food safety podcasts that are out there. They talk about trust in public health agencies and the political situation that has occurred since the pandemic - and this goes into MAHA and raw milk. The group ends the conversation talking about pesticide residues in wild pigs.
Food Safety Talk
After warming up on hockey, baseball and other things, the guys dig into the CDC's scaling back of FoodNet as well as budget cuts ending some federally supported nutrition education. The conversation turns to digital foods safety as the guys chat through a couple of things that Ben's group has been working on and how data is great but doing some sort of analysis can be tough. The guys talk a bit about Dubai's FoodWatch system and how digitization of food safety info can be shared with regulators. The conversation shifts to the requisite Canadian content regarding the analysis of a Listeria outbreak linked to plant-based beverages and the Glob and Mail's reporting on algorithmic inspection issues. They also discuss a Consumer Reports piece on high lead levels in cinnamon and spice mixes, tying it to risk communication and cultural food practices. The finish the meat of the show by talking about a really weird food safety event: radioactive shrimp being removed from commerce linked to shipping container contamination discovered at numerous US ports.
