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.
Experts have developed guidance to help food firms decide what other information to give consumers besides use-by or best-before dates to ensure food safety.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
German officials have urged people to follow hygiene rules and take care when handling raw meat following a number of Salmonella infections linked to poultry.
The number of confirmed people
Swedish officials have traced the source of a Salmonella outbreak to a brand of chocolate wafers from Poland.
Between late December 2020 and early April 2021, 32 people living in
Officials from Poland and the United Kingdom have met virtually to discuss the safety of Polish poultry meat after it was linked to several outbreaks.
Grzegorz Puda, Polish minister of
An E. coli O157 outbreak in the United Kingdom that affected 36 people has been linked to a fast food product containing imported cucumbers.
Investigations into the Shiga toxin-producing E.
The European Commission has tightened checks on black pepper from Brazil because of Salmonella and peanuts from India because of aflatoxins.
These and other products entering the European Union from
The risk of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) fish products requires further attention, according to a long-awaited EFSA and ECDC study.
The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
The benefits of edible insects as an emerging food source must be weighed against potential food safety issues, according to the United Nations’ FAO.
While insects have been part of
Data on the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in human infections from Salmonella and Campylobacter in Europe has revealed little progress.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and
A Salmonella outbreak in Denmark is continuing to affect more people and has also been linked to three deaths.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) previously reported that 25 people were
Officials in the United Kingdom are investigating close to 30 related Hepatitis A infections with some linked to imported dates.
There are 28 people sick in different parts of England
The term organic is not a guarantee of food safety, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Organic is a way to grow food following
