{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Don't Eat Poop! A Food Safety Podcast","title":"Infant Formula Botulism Outbreak: The Supplier Link l Episode 189","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2921,"description":"Infant Formula Botulism: One Supplier, Two Brands | Episode 189\nTwo infant formula brands, made by different companies on different continents, sickened babies with botulism seven months apart. The thing they had in common wasn’t a factory. It was an ingredient, sourced from the same organic whole milk supplier and spray-dried at the same facility, and nobody in the chain was testing for botulism.\nFrancine and Matt break down how the outbreak was traced upstream, why “we never tested for that” keeps showing up in outbreak investigations, and what it would take for companies to get ahead of risks they don’t even know exist yet. Spoiler alert: food safety keeps getting treated as an expense until an outbreak forces it to become an investment.\nIn this episode:\n💩 01:16 The CDC names the supplier behind the infant formula botulism outbreak\n💩 06:56 The Marler Blog breakdown: one ingredient, two brands\n💩 10:49 The sub-supplier problem: brands may not know where their ingredients originate\n💩 17:09 Risk assessments by product and region\n💩 22:44 Food safety budgets: investment or expense?\n💩 33:31 Francine’s experience auditing for insurance companies\n💩 41:40 From The Jungle to Jack in the Box\n💩 44:54 Matt’s advice: get out of your silo\n \nDisclaimer: Episode title and content do not constitute legal or health advice.\nResources from this episode\nMarler Blog: Infant formula botulism outbreak supplier traceback\nFood Safety News coverage of the infant formula botulism outbreak\nCDC outbreak notice: Infant botulism linked to infant formula\nPrevious episode: The WanaBana lead-in-cinnamon recall\nPrevious episode: Cyclospora outbreak\nThe Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg \nThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair \nNoteworthy quotes from this episode\n\n“They see it as an expense until they have some kind of major outbreak. And then suddenly it’s important for a while.” – Francine L. Shaw\n“If you’re bored in food safety, you’re really doing something wrong.” – Matt Regusci\nWe hope you enjoy this...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/I2EDo-ExonCZl2fSuvdGhc-brszaguY36XczjzRgFXI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4MzcyLzE2NzUy/ODUwMDYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}