The Food Supply Chain Problem Hiding in Plain Sight | Opinion
Look a bit closer, and it resembles guesswork.After 24 years of developing the chili pepper business through ‘Out Of Mexico’, I hold a firm conviction: every new supplier you add multiplies the weak links nobody is watching.Read More on Leadership InsightsConsider a single chili. It begins its travel as a seed from an approved manufacturer, then meets a farmer's fertilizer, pesticide, and irrigation water.I insist that every water source gets tested, because a clean field can be ruined by a contaminated well. The harvest is then transferred to a processing plant, where it is washed and sorted, then dried below a strict moisture level because damp peppers invite bacteria and fungus.
- ▪Look a bit closer, and it resembles guesswork.After 24 years of developing the chili pepper business through ‘Out Of Mexico’, I hold a firm conviction: every new supplier you add multiplies the weak links nobody is watching.Read More on Lea
- ▪It begins its travel as a seed from an approved manufacturer, then meets a farmer's fertilizer, pesticide, and irrigation water.I insist that every water source gets tested, because a clean field can be ruined by a contaminated well.
- ▪The harvest is then transferred to a processing plant, where it is washed and sorted, then dried below a strict moisture level because damp peppers invite bacteria and fungus.
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By Farzin TabatabaiCEO0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Some American food companies are gambling your health on a supply chain they cannot see, and their favorite fix makes the gamble worse.Diversification sounds like safety. Look a bit closer, and it resembles guesswork.After 24 years of developing the chili pepper business through ‘Out Of Mexico’, I hold a firm conviction: every new supplier you add multiplies the weak links nobody is watching.Read More on Leadership InsightsConsider a single chili.
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