July News & AMA | #PSC 216
OVERVIEW: Episode 216 of #PodSaveChocolate features chocolate and cocoa news fit to eat, as well as the monthly live AMA (Ask Me Anything about chocolate or cocoa) for July 2026.
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Episode 216 Overview
In this episode: Chocolate News thatâs Fit to Eat⢠for July 2026.
The Ongoing Saga of the Cost of Cocoa
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Liberato Milo is the newly-appointed Chairman of the TogetherCocoa Foundation,. He is also the Head of Confectionery, Ice Cream, Cocoa Beverages & Permissible Snacking at NestlĂŠ.
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NestlĂŠ is talking out of all sides of its mouth.
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Miguel P.
"Nearly 60% of cocoa producers now carry a digital ID for every farmer. Yet 28% have mapped zero farms" (Farmforce 2026).
Augustus Bambridge-Sutton
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Martina Fumagalli
Donna Eastlake
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Last-Minute News Bites
- The exact case count in the ongoing U.S cyclosporiasis outbreak remains unclear, but it continues to grow. The latest data from CDC includes more than 800 confirmed domestic cases, plus some 1,500 still under investigation. Meanwhile, Michigan, which currently seems to be the most affected state, reports more than 2,600 cases alone. Michigan investigators are also looking at lettuce or salad as a potential source of the outbreak. Perhaps complicating outbreak reporting is the fact that national surveillance of Cyclospora cayetenensis took a big hit last year when CDC cut the pathogen from FoodNet. Cyclospora is a particularly challenging pathogen to isolate and identify, complicating public health responses to outbreaks. Illnesses caused by the parasite have been on an upward trajectory over the last three decades.
- The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA),âŻin partnership with Food Standards Scotland (FSS),âŻhasâŻpublished four new pieces of guidance to help businesses developing and producing cell-cultivatedâŻproducts (sometimes referred to as âlab-grown meatâ) and other novel foods navigate the regulatory requirements needed to bring safe, innovative products to market.⯠Q: Will the FDA/USDA follow suit?
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