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Tips to Navigate a Perfect Storm That’s Threatening Our Food Supply

Modern Restaurant Management

Overseas, the Dutch government has mandated a 30 pecent reduction in livestock – a damaging directive that will disrupt the food supply and close one in three Dutch farms. This perfect storm of crises is threatening our food supply. Reduce food waste.

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Letter to Congress – protect our food supply, food workers and those food insecure during COVID-19

Bill Marler

What’s more, Congress should expand health care coverage by paying for medical treatment related to COVID-19, by increasing the federal share of state Medicaid expenditures, and by adopting policies to help unemployed food and farm workers obtain health insurance. Support farmers in need – Farmers are ready to meet regional food supply needs.

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Why Demand Forecasting Is Crucial for a QSR Food Supply Chain 

Modern Restaurant Management

More regional stores are more vulnerable to unscheduled events such as hurricanes, tornados and similar disrupting supply chains. So if you’re only analyzing data from a singular event to inform food supply decisions, you could end up with a whole lot of wasted food. External Data Intelligence and Solutions.

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Building School Food Supply Chains Rooted in Community

Chef Ann Foundation

Because of their sheer scale, school meal programs have an outsized impact on the nation’s food system. Strengthening relationships between schools and community-based food system stakeholders can build more nourishing, sustainable, and equitable school meal programs. Vea esta página en español / View this page in Spanish

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FDA Active Investigations – Lead, E. coli and Salmonella

Bill Marler

The FDA is busy trying to keep our food supply save and get dangerous foods off the market.

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Food supply contamination threat mentioned in UK risk register

Food Safety News

The likelihood and impact of contamination of the food supply in the United Kingdom have been assessed in an updated risk register. The UK government rated food supply contamination as four out of five for likelihood and three out of five for impact in the 2023 national risk register.

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Sleepless in Seattle – while its lunchtime in Dubai

Bill Marler

We talked a bit about the documentary “Poisoned,” but mostly focused on what more can be done to make our food supply safer. I may be exactly 12 hour behind, but I had the great privilege to share the stage – at least via Zoom with Darin Detwiler and Frank Yiannas.