As we enter 2016, adulterated food-related investigations are leading the headlines - and should be leading companies in the food and beverage industry to ask what they can do to prevent and prepare for a potential outbreak on their watch or in their supply chain. From ice cream to eggs , and melons to Mexican food , a recent spate of significant adulterated food outbreaks and related criminal investigations and prosecutions have highlighted the need for companies at every step of the nation's food supply to be increasingly vigilant in identifying and mitigating risks relating to food-borne illness.