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 European Commission has stepped up legal action against Romania for failing to follow rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
Romanian authorities have established national laws that are not in
Campaigns by authorities in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark have found allergen information provided to consumers is often inaccurate.
European regulation lists 14 allergens that are subject to labeling and
The World Health Organization (WHO) has put forward five actions to mitigate the risks to public health in traditional food markets.
The steps are to keep clean; avoid contamination; keep
Researchers have estimated that around 7,500 Yersinia enterocolitica infections may go undiagnosed in England annually.
Findings suggest a considerable number of yersiniosis cases are not recorded. The apparently low
Five people died in a recent outbreak in Italy linked to unpasteurized dairy products, according to a study.
Infections were caused by consuming unpasteurized fresh cheese produced from contaminated cow’
Scientists in the Czech Republic have called for a national reference laboratory for human Campylobacter infections to be created in the country.
From 2018 to 2021, 81,115 cases were
A Listeria outbreak that affected more than 50 people was the biggest fish-product-related incident in Germany, according to researchers.
The large listeriosis outbreak with 55 cases affected Germany, Austria, Denmark,
The United States has said it remains “deeply concerned” with China’s lack of scientific explanation of how two decrees address food safety and public health.
The U.S. repeated
The European Commission has added ethylene oxide to a list of pesticides that should be tested for following the substance being behind thousands of recalls in recent years.
New legislation
The European Commission’s health and safety agency has found most measures taken by Canadian officials to address issues raised during a previous audit have not worked.
The DG Sante
There is a significant risk associated with drinking raw milk from Norwegian cows, according to a study.
Lene Idland, of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) faculty of veterinary
The Government in the United Kingdom has set out long-delayed plans on how checks on food imports will work.
The draft Border Target Operating Model was developed with the Scottish
