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.
Red meat, fish, alcohol and wild shellfish have been highlighted as high risk and vulnerable to food crime in Scotland.
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit
More than 40 people are sick and almost a third have needed hospital treatment as part of a foodborne Shigella outbreak in Denmark.
From the end of August, 42 people
The COVID-19 pandemic dominated World Food Safety Day events, according to a new report.
The second UN World Food Safety Day in June saw initiatives reshaped for a “new normal”
An amendment to the Agriculture Bill on food import standards has been approved in the United Kingdom.
Other proposed changes include asking the government to think again on the use
The factory of a sandwich producer in England linked to an illness was contaminated by Listeria for almost three years, a report into the incident has found.
In July 2017,
Australians have been warned about the potential risks of buying and selling food on social media websites.
The Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) said food is being prepared in unregulated
The resurgence of a hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries underlines the importance of complete traceback of implicated products during outbreaks, according to researchers.
Following outbreaks linked to frozen strawberries
Two agencies in the Netherlands have looked at the prevalence of selected pathogens in chickens for meat production.
The study reaffirmed Campylobacter, Salmonella and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria on
So called fake news about food safety and COVID-19 has had a negative impact on consumption patterns and created anxiety among consumers in Asia Pacific.
Ahead of World Food Safety
The percentage of chickens at Tesco and Asda testing positive for Campylobacter at the top level of contamination in the second quarter of 2020 has fallen below the FSA target.
Three men have received suspended prison sentences for offences relating to the illegal slaughter of sheep at a farm.
Sean Burns, John Clayton and Kenneth Darren Evans were found by
Food safety standards and trade is one of seven areas in the Food and Agriculture Organization’s COVID-19 response and recovery program.
The United Nations’ agency is calling for $1.
