The Rotten Apple Food Safety Podcast · Karen Constable

Issue 227 (Audio Version)

February 23, 2026·19 min·1 clip
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says banning glyphosate would put 80% of U.S. farmers out of business.
This episode investigates how wet weather in India created aflatoxin in peanuts, leading to an elaborate smuggling operation into Indonesia via Malaysia. It also covers recent developments on glyphosate safety and rounds up global food fraud incidents, including drug-laced candy and mislabeled dates.

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A focused fraud brief that ties food safety risk to the systems behind it.

The Rotten Apple Food Safety Podcast turns this issue into a brisk look at food fraud, moving from unsafe peanuts and tariff news to a global seafood fraud report, provenance fraud in fresh dates, and glyphosate.

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You want a hard-headed scan of food fraud signals that actually change risk.

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