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According to the sorts of people on the internet who make up quotes and then attribute them to famous people in order to sell posters and T-shirts, Gandhi once said "If you don't ask, you don't get". And what a wise man he was (if he said that, which he almost certainly didn't).

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Despite technological advancements in food safety in recent years, 2023 has been marked by some alarming food safety scandals globally, impacting public health and trust in the food industry. In this episode of the Xtalks Food Podcast, Sydney talks about the worst food safety scandals of 2023 and sheds light on the causes and consequences of these outbreaks and recalls. These scandals include a persistent Salmonella outbreak from poultry in the US; Listeria from frozen vegetables in Europe; an E. Coli outbreak linked to a Canadian daycare; pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables in India; and undeclared allergens in snacks in the UK, among others. These food safety scandals underline the critical importance of stringent food safety measures and regulations. The team discuss all the stages along the food supply chain that food safety could be weakened, from harvesting to preparation.

Also in this episode, Sydney talks about Postum, a beverage that originated as a caffeine-free coffee alternative. Invented in 1895 by Post Cereal Company founder C.W. Post, it was conceived as a healthier alternative to coffee. Post, who had a personal aversion to caffeine due to health reasons, sought to create a beverage that mimicked coffee’s richness without its potentially adverse effects. The original recipe comprised primarily of roasted wheat bran, wheat and molasses. This blend, when brewed, yields a warm, comforting beverage with an earthy taste reminiscent of coffee but with its own unique flavor profile. In recent years, there has been a resurgence in interest in Postum, partly driven by a broader trend towards healthier, more natural food and drink options. Although the team had never heard of Postum, they would be curious to try it and discuss how it differs from other coffee alternatives and coffee itself.

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Worst Food Safety Scandals of 2023
Postum: A Time-Honored Coffee Alternative

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Hay celebración y esperanza tras la liberación del primer grupo de 24 rehenes tras el inicio de la tregua entre Hamas e Israel.

En otras noticias: desde el primero de octubre las autoridades migratorias han recuperado 15 cuerpos de migrantes que se han ahogado tratando de cruzar el Río Bravo. 

Fueron identificadas las dos personas que fallecieron en el accidente de auto en el puente Rainbow en la frontera entre Canadá y Estados Unidos.

En un escabroso acto unos estudiantes le prendieron fuego a uno de sus compañeros que se recupera en un hospital. Las autoridades capturaron a un sospechoso y otro más se encuentra prófugo.

Tres periodistas fueron secuestrados en los últimos días en el estado de Guerrero en México junto a otras dos personas.

Hundreds of punnets of Zespri kiwifruit have been recalled in the US after routine sampling found listeria.

Testing carried out by the Kentucky Department for Public Health last month revealed that one-pound punnets of Zespri kiwifruit wasn't fit for consumption.

The Country's Jamie Mackay says the contaminated kiwifruit was sold in 14 states- but no illnesses have been reported.

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Canadian nanotechnology company Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. recently announced that its patent-pending Accelerated Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (AMIPs) food safety testing technology has expanded its library of detectable foodborne illness-causing pathogens. In this episode of the Xtalks Food Podcast, Sydney talks about the new tool, which will cover E. Coli, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Sarcina. From the identification of outbreaks to outpatient expenditures and lost wages, foodborne illness outbreaks cost Americans billions of dollars each year. Sixth Wave is hopeful its new food safety testing tool will reduce these multi-billion dollar outbreaks. The company’s AMIPs testing platform offers the food industry a fast, reliable and cost-effective way to increase food safety testing frequency and ensure the quality of food and beverage products. The team was surprised to hear how expensive foodborne illness outbreaks are and applaud Sixth Wave for creating a quick and effective testing tool.

Also, in this episode, Sydney talks about what will be trending in the specialty foods space for 2023, according to the Specialty Food Association (SFA) Trendspotter Panel. As consumers have been increasingly cooking at home during and post-pandemic, the panel predicted that brands will focus on providing tools and recipes for at-home chefs looking to make simple meals via meal kits and meal starters. The panel also predicted that consumers will be looking out for innovative packaging that can offer increased portability while lessening messiness. Continued sustainability and environmental concerns led environmentally friendly foods to rank second on the panel’s 2023 trends. Other major specialty food trends that the panel identified included an increased desire for globally inspired condiments, sauces and oils; interest in international fruit beverage and snack applications; and a continued shift toward naturally occurring sweeteners.

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New Food Safety Testing Tool Can Detect Multiple Foodborne Illness-Causing Pathogens

Top Trending Specialty Foods to Expect in 2023

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Welcome to another special SIAL bonus episodes of The Food Professor podcast!

Sylvain and I were thrilled to be the official podcast of the SIAL food innovation trade show held in Montreal in April. We had the opportunity to meet and get to know many food innovators and entrepreneurs, creators and makers from many facets of the food industry.   These are their stories.

In this episode:  Meet Laurent Dallaire, CEO Innodal

Check out the winners of the food innovation awards:  https://sialcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CP-Gagnant-Innovation-2022-EN.pdf

Thanks for joining us on this special bonus episode of The Food Professor.  Stay tuned for plenty of great interviews from our podcast studio on the trade show floor in Montreal at SIAL, and stay tuned for our regular full length episodes available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google - wherever you enjoy your podcasts today.  

About Us

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.

He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.

Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre’s Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.

Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada’s top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus  Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  ,      The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and now in its second season, Conversations with CommerceNext!  You can learn more about Michael   here  or on     LinkedIn. 

Be sure and check out Michael's latest adventure for fun and influencer riches - Last Request Barbecue,  his YouTube BBQ cooking channel!

About Us

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.

He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.

Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre’s Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa.

About Michael

Michael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada and the Bank of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, Today's Shopping Choice and Pandora Jewellery.

Michael has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels. ReThink Retail has added Michael to their prestigious Top Global Retail Influencers list for 2024 for the fourth year in a row.

Michael is also the president of Maven Media, producing a network of leading trade podcasts, including Remarkable Retail , with best-selling author Steve Dennis, now ranked one of the top retail podcasts in the world.

Based in San Francisco, Global eCommerce Leaders podcast explores global cross-border issues and opportunities for eCommerce brands and retailers.

Last but not least, Michael is the producer and host of the "Last Request Barbeque" channel on YouTube, where he cooks meals to die for - and collaborates with top brands as a food and product influencer across North America

"Dagáll læknanemans" er nýtt hlaðvarp fyrir læknanema (cc: Félag læknanema) og aðra áhugasama um hvaðeina sem viðkemur klínik og læknisfræði. Hlaðvarpið fær til sín sérfróða gesti og tekur fyrir ýmis læknisfræðileg vandamál. Gestur þessa þáttar er Sigurður Guðmundsson, sérfræðingur í smitsjúkdómalækningum og fyrrverandi landlæknir.

Sigurður ræðir sýkingar í miðtaugakerfi (MTK). Hverjar eru birtingarmyndir sýkinga í MTK og hvernig er greint á milli þeirra? Þá eru helstu flokkar sýkinga í MTK kerfi og meinvöldum gerð skil. Farið er gegnum uppvinnslu sýkinga í MTK, hvaða greiningapróf eru gerð og hvaða myndrannsóknir geta komið að gagni. Einnig er meðhöndlun mismunandi tegunda sýkinga í MTK rædd. Loks undirstrikar Sigurður mikilvægi þess að hafa hraðar hendur og hefja meðferð sem fyrst!

Stjórnendur Dagáls læknanemans eru Sólveig Bjarnadóttir læknanemi á 6. ári og Teitur Ari Theodórsson læknanemi á 5. ári. Dagáll læknanemans er sjálfstæð þáttasyrpa innan Hlaðvarps Landspítala.

Hlaðvarp Landspítala er aðgengilegt á vef spítalans og helstu samfélagsmiðlum, en einnig í streymisveitunum Spotify og Apple iTunes, ásamt hlaðvarpsveitum á borð við Simplecast, Pocket Casts og Podcast Addict.

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In early April, The Sci-Files hosted its first Q&A session hosted by Chelsie and Danny with guests from past interviews on The Sci-Files. The guests gave small talks about their research. The audience had children of all ages and they have the opportunity to ask the scientists questions about their research.

Here are the slides that the speakers used during their presentations.

Mike's research focuses on the signals emitted from the explosive ending of massive stars, he will be discussing what are stars? His past episode can be found here.

Alyssa's research is on the bone health of racehorses. Her past episode can be found here.

Robert studies microorganisms in the desert and climate change. His past episode can be found here.

Kayla and Jon study bacterial infections like listeria in pregnancy and extracellular vesicles. Their past episode can be found here.

Nick studies education research like the criteria for admittance for graduate school and data science. His past episode can be found here.

Kate studies omega 3 fatty acids and how they affect inflammation. Her past episode can be found here. 

Pratap makes underwater robotics and studies how they communicate. His past episode can be found here.

If you’re interested in talking about your MSU research on the radio or nominating a student, please email Chelsie and Danny at scifiles@impact89fm.org. You can ask questions about future episodes here. Check The Sci-Files out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube! 

Jeni Britton Bauer joins Pat and Posh to share her inspiring story of resilience and relentlessness as she built Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, a household name across the country.

After discovering her deep connection with scent at a young age, Jeni set out to make a difference in the world through the power of ice cream. As she grew her business and expanded into new territories, she was overcome with several difficult challenges including a listeria-related recall in 2015 that almost crumbled her life’s work.

Since then, Jeni’s is bigger than ever, in over 40 “Scoop Shop” locations and 1,500+ groceries and markets nationwide.

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On this week’s The Sci-Files, your hosts Chelsie and Danny interview Kayla Conner, Justin Lee, and Jon Kaletka, all of them are graduate students from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.

At the Hardy lab, they lab study prenatal infection and how it affects pregnancy outcome/development. Jon’s research focuses on understanding how Listeria infection changes the extracellular vesicle production in host cells, and how those regulate the immune response. Kayla studies how infection changes the structure/function of the placenta. Justin studies how prenatal infection/inflammation alter brain development in the fetus.

If you’re interested in talking about your MSU research on the radio or nominating a student, please email Chelsie and Danny at scifiles@impact89fm.org. Check The Sci-Files out on Twitter @SciFiles89FM and Facebook!

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