Imagine being under pressure. Not the kind that comes with deadlines or crowded schedules, but the kind that comes from living hundreds of feet underwater inside a metal tube where the outside world is pitch black and the threats you worry about are often the ones you can’t see. Down there, awareness isn’t optional. Vigilance isn’t heroic. It’s survival.

Silence doesn’t just hide danger; it allows it to grow. In this powerful Author’s Note and behind-the-scenes interview, Dr Darin Detwiler reveals how Silent Enemies came to life, why its message matters now more than ever, and the bold shifts the food industry must make to prevent the next avoidable tragedy.

Some failures leave no alarms – just empty chairs, unanswered questions and a mission that never ends. In Part 4 of Silent Enemies, Dr Darin Detwiler shares the personal loss that transformed his mission, revealing how silence in food safety can carry the heaviest cost of all.

Responsibility is rarely convenient, whether underwater or in food safety. In Part 3 of Silent Enemies, Dr Darin Detwiler explores the cost of compromise and confronting hard choices.

Signals and missed opportunities push margins of error in submarines and in food safety. In Part 2 of Silent Enemies, Dr Darin Detwiler explores what it means to listen before it’s too late.

On this final day of September we look back to review how far we have come. In this lecture video taken from one of Dr. Detwiler’s previous courses (2014), he discusses a few notable outbreaks and recalls as well as discusses testing, holding, and modern reforms (FSMA, country-of-origin and GMO labeling, etc.) that reflect public demand for transparency, even as large processors have driven the biggest recalls and some industry factions resist stronger testing-and-hold rules

Just as we can think of the many complexities of food policies and peripheral food concerns, we are fortunate enough to have career heroes to learn from. This video allows us to learn from one such hero. In this interview, Dr. Darin Detwiler speaks with Caroline Smith DeWaal - longtime CSPI leader, former FDA official, and now Deputy Director of EatSafe at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

In this lecture video Dr. Darin Detwiler talks about the Theory of Economic Regulation, Corporate Social Responsibility (Carroll’s Pyramid of CSR) and Human Needs (Maslow’s hierarchy), as well as where they do (and don’t) relate.

Dr. Darin Detwiler’s talks about Causes of Recalls and Outbreaks, Economic Impact of Recalls and Outbreaks, The True Burden of Disease, Beyond Statistics, Where Problems are Found in Industry, and his take on the Food Authenticity Spectrum.

Do you remember the infamous Horsemeat Scandal? How do other countries treat food crimes? In this global interview, Dr. Darin Detwiler speaks (in London) with Andy Morling, (then) Deputy Head of the UK's National Food Crime Unit. The Unit was created after the 2013 horsemeat scandal to treat serious food fraud as crime - using policing methods, existing criminal law, and a strong focus on prevention, not just prosecutions.

Imagine managing food safety regulation in one of the world’s busiest food hubs! In this global interview, Dr. Darin Detwiler speaks with Bobby Krishna (Senior Food Safety Specialist at Dubai Municipality, UAE). Bobby has helped transform one of the world’s busiest food hubs into a data-driven, risk-based regulatory system.

What happens when two professors from completely different fields join forces to discuss the overlap of their area of expertise? In this ‘tag-team’ video lecture, Dr. Darin Detwiler is joined by Professor Joe Rose, JD., to discuss food safety as it overlaps with Child Labor Laws, Earned Sick Leave, Family Medical Leave, Whistleblowers, Legal and Economic implications and consequences.

Beyond reacting to crises, prevention and mitigation is far more advantageous in terms of public health and economic priorities. To do that, we need to consider AI and Predictive Analytics. In this eye-opening interview, Dr. Darin Detwiler speaks with Cronan McNamara, a leading voice in applying predictive analytics and rigorous risk modeling to food safety, nutrition, and chemical stewardship.

What happens when two professors from completely different fields join forces to discuss the overlap of their area of expertise? In this ‘tag-team’ video lecture, food safety expert and Northeastern University professor Dr. Darin Detwiler is joined by Associate Professor of Communication Dustin Harp, Ph.D., of UT Arlington to discuss food safety as it overlaps with national vs. state / local coverage of events, journalism influences, how to research, and impact on audience

Practices and policies – especially those at the global level – often overlap with other policies, including SDGs and food sustainability to name a few.

One aspect that we can find as a blessing or a curse is that of cultural differences around the globe… and this shapes how food safety is viewed from place to place.

In this unique lecture, food policy professor and author Dr. Darin Detwiler explores the events of 1993 and after from both a first-hand perspective and an academic viewpoint.

Food safety must be framed by more than data and statistics and estimates. Behind these are real people, real families and, in too many cases, chairs forever empty at family tables.

In Part 1 of Silent Enemies, Dr Darin Detwiler draws on his time as a nuclear submarine officer to explore lessons of responsibility, risk and vigilance that later shaped his career in food safety.

In this fascinating interview, food policy expert Dr. Darin Detwiler speaks with Quincy Lissaur One of the major discussion points is around developing global trust through collaboration, mutual understanding of issues / challenges, and more.