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.
Eating raw mussels from one region has been linked to several cases of vibriosis in New Zealand.
The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) is aware of eight confirmed cases of
Results of checks at the border on food by Belgian and Swiss authorities and French controls on seafood products have revealed varying levels of non-compliance.
In Belgium, the Federal Agency
The number of deaths linked to a Listeria outbreak from meat products in 2019 has doubled.
It had been thought 21 people were infected with Listeria monocytogenes in the Netherlands
The lack of skills and training of staff working in pig slaughtering has been highlighted as a serious welfare concern by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it is aware of reports that China will begin testing foods for Coronavirus.
Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner of Food Policy and
More than 350 cases of online offers and advertising of food claiming to prevent or cure coronavirus have been found by European countries in the past few months.
The 352
More than four times fewer suspected food and waterborne epidemics have been reported in Finland in the past few months.
Between March and May, four suspected foodborne outbreaks were reported,
Governments have an important role to play in food safety to ensure it gets the attention and investment it deserves, according to a senior food standards officer with the Codex
Five people in the Netherlands have been affected by ciguatera poisoning likely caused by frozen red snapper steaks from India.
Those sick had a meal together in mid-May and developed
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for Africa has called for smarter investment and design of supply chains with a focus on food safety.
Matshidiso Moeti said all
The mega-supermarket chain Tesco has reported 9 percent of chickens tested in the first quarter this year had the highest level of Campylobacter contamination while Asda recorded 9.2 percent.
The European region cannot afford to lose focus on other health threats during the coronavirus outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Officials from the WHO’s Regional Office
