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.
Show notes so you can follow along at home:
Blowing Into Cartridges | Gaming Urban Legends Wiki | Fandom
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
Budget cuts knock down a ‘pillar of public health,’ ending nutrition education | STAT
Dubai Leadership: The Digitization of Food Safety Management - Global Food Safety Resource
New NC law makes students turn off phones, but school boards must decide how to enforce it | WUNC
Walmart’s ‘radioactive shrimp’ recall isn’t a reason to fear irradiated food | Popular Science
Southwind Foods, LLC Recalls Frozen Shrimp Because of Possible Health Risk | FDA
High Lead Levels in Cinnamon Powders and Spice Mixtures - Consumer Reports