Most of us are completely disconnected from the natural sources of our food and completely trust that what we get from the store is what it says it is. Take a dive into the world of food fraud, as well as celebrating the diligent men and women who fight for product safety and truth in advertising and labelling.
Olive oil is not what you think it is. According to Tom Mueller, author of Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, an olive is a stone fruit like a plum or cherry—meaning that ...Show More
Technology and industry put more food on the shelves and in markets by extending the life of perishable goods with canning and processing methods. But was the food safe? By the late 19th century, the...Show More
Pippa Hudson talks to Wendy Knowler | Correspondent at Consumer Talk and Dr Harris Steinman | Medical Dr With Special Interest In Consumer Issues
Fish fraud, misrepresenting a fish as a more expensive one, costs Americans $25 billion a year. And because less than 100 inspectors check for fraud in the US and everyone from wholesalers to sushi re...Show More
David Horlock, managing director for global food and retail supply chains at BSI, and Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh discuss how the development of rigorous standards can help businesses build resilienc...Show More
At the turn of the 20th century, 12 young men sat in the basement of the Department of Agriculture, eating meals with a side of borax, salicylic acid, or formaldehyde. They were called the Poison Squa...Show More
This week, Gastropod tells the story of two countries and their shared obsession with a plant:Â Camellia sinensis, otherwise known as the tea bush. The Chinese domesticated tea over thousands of years,...Show More
The creator of the Xbox assembles a rag-tag team to extract ancient yeast from Egyptian pots and bake bread with it.
A Scottish woman changes personal injury law forever after she finds a snail in her ginger beer.
When a replica of Queen Elizabeth’s royal wedding cake was destroyed by vandals, hundreds of people would come together to recreate the show stopping replica cake.
Authentic products by artisan producers are worth protecting. Beatrice Ughi, founder and president of the food importing company Gustiamo talks about the fake and adulterated products passing as "Made...Show More
Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds. As the British established their sprawling empire across the subcontinent and beyond, they encountered a formidable adversary ...Show More
With the help from a podcast friend (Andres O’Hara of The Sporkful), we go inside one of the busiest airports on earth. And we find out the fate of all the food that gets confiscated by customs. Spoil...Show More
On our second day with Sporkful senior producer Andres O’Hara, we see what happens when invasive creatures that have made their way to the US refuse to leave … even when they’re slow and slimy. MORE...Show More
Colonel John Hoffman of the Food Protection and Defense Institute has been advising companies and government on how to harden their cyber functions. Here he deconstructs how JBS came to be hacked and ...Show More
epekilis recommended:
For the first entry in my new Foodie True Crime playlist, I went back and found this old episode of Gastropod. It’s an eye-opener, I’ll tell you.