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.
Belgian authorities recorded 240 complaints in 2022 about the sale of food products online, according to a new report.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC)
Italy has reported the highest annual total of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) cases since records began.
From January to December 2022, 91 cases were recorded. This is the most observed
Health officials in a city in Finland are investigating several cases of illness caused by contaminated oysters.
Food poisoning in Helsinki is suspected to be related to eating in different
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was involved in another two E. coli outbreaks in the United Kingdom in the final quarter of 2022.
In the first, APHA helped
A study in the United Kingdom has added to evidence that dried meat dog treats can be contaminated with Salmonella.
Researchers also found some product samples contained similar types of
Serious concerns have been raised about certain official controls in Iceland on poultry meat.
Recent reports from an audit, done from late October to early November 2022, resulted in a
JBS is to appeal a decision by Brazilian authorities to fine one of its subsidiaries as part of Operation Carne Fraca.
The Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) verdict relating to Seara
A dozen countries, including the United States, have reported more than 250 Shigella infections in people who went to Cape Verde.
An increase in shigellosis cases, mainly caused by Shigella
A long-awaited report on decisions taken at the latest Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting has finally been published.
The United Nations food standards body met in Rome in November 2022. Codex
Guidance from the Food Standards Agency helped local authorities handle food-related work during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an assessment.
In June 2021, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) provided local
Scottish health officials have admitted the surveillance of foodborne outbreaks suffered due to the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a report on gastrointestinal and zoonotic pathogens for 2020 and
Surveillance of certain bacterial pathogens was maintained in Germany despite a reduction in sample submissions during the first part of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Robert Koch-Institut.
In March
