Silent Enemies Part 2: Voices Carry

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.

“We do not just hear noise. We listen for what should not be there.”

That was the lesson a sonar chief gave me as a young submariner.

Deep beneath the surface, sonar techs learned to pick out what was unusual, not loud or obvious, but different. A rhythm too perfect, a tone slightly off. Listening wasn’t just technical; it was instinctual. It meant spotting an invisible threat before it became a crisis.

In food safety, the same is true. The difference between prevention and tragedy often comes down to whether we are willing to notice what others overlook.

Read Part 2 here: Silent Enemies – Part 2: Voices Carry