The Chatter for Sunday, June 30 Around the world, food fraud is an epidemic. Mitchell Weinberg, president and chief executive of Inscatech, a company that advises on food security. Beyond the Europe-wide scandal surrounding the substitution of cheaper horse meat in what had been labeled as beef products, investigators have uncovered thousands of frauds, with criminals offering cheap versions of everyday products, including counterfeit chocolate and adulterated olive oil. The feeling you are getting out there is that people are selling first and asking questions later. Hans Humes, chief executive of the hedge fund Greylock Capital. Over the last two months, investors have been exiting their bond investments with unexpected ferocity. We're kind of invisible, until your toilet overflows. Robert M. Sacco, general manager of Aleut Facilities Support Services, one of the contractors to the federal government that is feeling the effects of cuts from the sequestration.