Food safety is a global problem with a large impact on human health and a high level of priority for governments. Supply chain traceability is key to enable food safety, since it allows problems to be traced to their source. Moreover, it allows regulatory agencies to understand where risk enters...

This paper illustrates how supply chain (SC) analytics could provide strategic and operational insights to inform risk-based allocation of regulatory resources in food SCs, for management of food safety and adulteration risks. The paper leverages a massive, self-constructed dataset of food...

Food adulteration poses a serious threat to public health. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a major role in maintaining food safety in the U.S. through various activities including sampling of imported shipments and site inspections. However, resource constraints limit the number...

Numerous zoonotic outbreaks in China (e.g., COVID-19) have been associated with wholesale markets (WSMs) and wet markets (WMs). Furthermore, markets are associated with significant food-safety risks. Many have advocated for market closures. However, this is impractical due to markets’ central...