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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 week’s episode: * Does mass balance actually work for food fraud mitigation? * Fridge-ageddon: how software vulnerabilities put food at risk * Dried flavours: everything you ever wanted to know * Food fraud gets a new Codex definition! 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 260 🍏 Cover image: Refrigeration outage at Fort Huachuca, Arizona (Fort Huachuca Facebook page, via Stars and Stripes) 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 Code 2026: What you need to know * Aussie outback treats * Food fraud news (sand in sugar issues ongoing?) 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 260 🍏 Cover image: US FDA 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: * 8 Fresh ideas for food safety training * Cool new tech I saw at the food fraud conference * Follow-ups: ethylene glycol fraud and ant sentencing 🐜 * Food waste challenge competition: Winners and answers 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 259 🍏 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: * 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

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: * “I told you so” - the wooden pallet problem * More new food safety hazards * Food Safety News and Resources * A bottomless pickle jar 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 253 🍏 Cover image: AI-generated 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: * Four Emerging Food Safety Risks * Foodborne virus self-assessment * Food Safety Resources - 2 free webinars * Science meets hotdog (just for fun) 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 252 🍏 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 * Cyclospora from the frontlines * Outsourced: Food fraud and co-manufacturers * AI and food safety 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 251 🍏 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: * Tomato fraud bombshell * 3 Food safety quick bites * Traceability guidance * Insane chip flavour (did you say “battery”?) 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 250 🍏 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: * The complete guide to EUDR for small and medium businesses * 4 ways to improve your sanitation training * A dead ant dessert 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 249 🍏 Cover image: Supply chain for palm oil. European Commission (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

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: * It was the iceberg lettuce. Oh wait… * Histamine in fish - a quick explainer * Cocoa and cocaine? * A pufferfish puffing 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 248 🍏 Cover image: High-histamine fish, Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety 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: * Cyclospora: a growing food safety threat * Food protection + PAS 96 webinar tomorrow * Waste diversion fraud on my radar * They did WHAT with the raw milk (Cheese maker shares a doozy) 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 247 🍏 Cover image: Cyclospora, courtesy of CDC 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