# Issue 239 (Audio Version) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rotten-apple-food-safety-podcast-7064124/issue-239-audio-version Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rotten-apple-food-safety-podcast-7064124/issue-239-audio-version.md Podcast: [The Rotten Apple Food Safety Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rotten-apple-food-safety-podcast-7064124) Published: 2026-05-18T11:18:31+00:00 Episode link: https://therottenapple.substack.com/p/issue-239-audio-version Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198238145/3444fccb56a4b441a529a2b1f8a6f413.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rotten-apple-food-safety-podcast-7064124/episodes/issue-239-audio-version Duration seconds: 738 ## Resource The Rotten Apple is an inside view of food safety, food fraud and supply chains for professionals, policy-makers and purveyors. Subscribe for weekly insights, latest news and emerging trends. In this week’s episode: * Laboratory verification challenges * Foods of Iceland * Food Safety News and Resources * The child slave who changed vanilla cultivation forever 🍏 For a transcript and sources, see Issue 239 🍏 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit therottenapple.substack.com/subscribe ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rotten-apple-food-safety-podcast-7064124/episodes/issue-239-audio-version/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rotten-apple-food-safety-podcast-7064124/issue-239-audio-version.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.