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.
Long-awaited checks on imports from Europe by the United Kingdom and World Food Safety Day are among the highlights for the coming year.
2024 marks 45 years since the launch
One person has died in a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak in the United Kingdom, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
UKHSA, Public Health Scotland (PHS), and
An outbreak of E. coli has sickened at least 30 people in the United Kingdom.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS), and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
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While Poland and Salmonella have met before, in Sweden, eggs and Salmonella were less expected this year. There was a worrying rise in botulism incidents, and Fukushima was back
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) plans to publish reports on cell-based food, precision fermentation, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) in 2024.
FAO and the China National Center for
An audit in Slovakia found that the current official food control system is only partially effective.
Official controls in the food chain are fragmented, the competencies of supervisory authorities are
Olive oil featured heavily in a range of operations conducted in recent months by authorities in Portugal that also covered game meat, shellfish and supplements.
Earlier this month, the Food
According to an annual report published recently, the number of notifications in a Spanish food alert system went down in 2022.
The 880 notifications in the Coordinated System for the
An outbreak of Salmonella has ended in Norway without officials finding the source.
An investigation into the outbreak of Salmonella Napoli has been completed as no cases have been detected
Foodborne outbreaks and related deaths in Europe went up in 2022, according to EFSA and ECDC.
The 2022 One Health zoonoses report, published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
More information has been shared by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) about Salmonella in poultry meat and eggs from Poland.
There have been 200 cases of salmonellosis this year in
Ready-to-eat (RTE) fish products have been linked to almost 100 Listeria infections in an outbreak that started in 2011 and continued into this year, according to two European agencies.
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