Why Recalls Spike: Inside the Food System
Reporting on why food recalls are climbing toward an eight-year high, from industry consolidation and thin inspection capacity to the supply-chain routes that turn one contamination into a multistate outbreak.
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The Secret Life of GroceriesBenjamin Lorr, Blackstone PublishingDeep reporting on grocery supply chains and industry practices illuminates how sourcing and distribution produce...Shelf signal: The Food Business
The Meat RacketChristopher LeonardInvestigative history of the meat industry shows the incentives, consolidation, and corporate practices that drive...Shelf signal: The Food Business
The Fate of FoodAmanda LittleA systemic account of the future and fragility of food systems that helps explain environmental and institutional...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Systems
The Poison SquadDeborah BlumHistorical history of U.S. food regulation clarifies how regulatory capacity and policy choices shaped modern recall...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Policy
Food RoutesRobyn S. Metcalfe, Donna PostelA policy and infrastructure focus on routes from farm to table explains how logistical structures create...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Systems
WhitewashCarey GillamAn exposé of pesticide and chemical contamination provides context for contamination vectors and regulatory blind spots...Shelf signal: Agriculture & Food Systems