Prior to reporting for Food Safety News, Whitworth worked for William Reed as editor of Food Quality News before becoming food safety editor for Food Navigator. He was named in the Top 40 Food Safety Professionals Under 40 in 2023.
The chief scientists of FAO and WHO highlighted the role of science in keeping food safe while stressing the importance of technology during a webinar earlier this week.
The virtual
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a handbook for countries to measure their foodborne disease burden.
The guide aims to help nations identify food safety system needs and data
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has set out a plan of how local authorities can get back to food hygiene and standards work after dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
The
An audit on the microbial safety of food of non-animal origin in Romania has noted progress but found that there are still some problems.
The DG Sante audit in late
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has helped improve consumer health and boost the trade of food in South East Asia.
FAO ran a series of
Melons have been linked to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has affected 200 people in more than 10 countries.
Patients have been reported in Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland,
Some products have gone through an English port without the necessary controls, according to the Food Standards Agency’s chief executive.
Emily Miles said the items came through the European
Findings that a hepatitis A outbreak was linked to dates allowed action to be taken before the start of Ramadan, likely reducing the number of people affected, according to a
Attendees of IFC’s first virtual food safety event have heard how Africa is tackling the issue of safe food domestically.
The 9th International Finance Corporation (IFC) International Food Safety
The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking for a consultant to help with work on foodborne disease surveillance.
The appointed expert will support the Actions in Food Systems unit with
A Codex committee has recommended new maximum levels (MLs) for cadmium in chocolate.
The levels set for cadmium are 0.3 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) for chocolate containing up
