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.
Two academics have looked at the scale of declared conflicts of interest (COIs) in UK food policy-making agencies.
Erik Millstone, from the University of Sussex, and Tim Lang, of the
The CAREC region faces severe food safety challenges but potential trade benefits of improved systems could be considerable, according to a report.
The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) includes
Voluntary approaches to tackle certain mycotoxins in dried figs and pistachios in Turkiye don’t seem to be working, according to the European Commission’s health and safety agency.
A
Two Salmonella outbreaks have been found to be associated with kebab shops in an Australian state with people falling sick in 2021 and 2022, according to recent reports.
The first
The United Kingdom was hit by two outbreaks linked to melon in 2021, according to a recently released study.
It was already known that the UK was part of a
More than half of food recalls in the United Kingdom over a 5-year period were due to allergens, according to a recently released study.
Allergen-related recalls increased annually until 2019,
BRF S.A. has signed a leniency agreement with Brazilian authorities related to two investigations that came to light in 2017 and 2018.
The deal with the Controladoria-Geral da União
— OPINION —
Welcome to 2023! The calendars have been changed, the holiday season is coming to a close and it is time to refocus ahead of what is sure to be
Statistics on six diseases causing the most food and waterborne infections in Europe have been published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The most recent data
— OPINION —
Will 2022 be remembered as the year of Salmonella in chocolate or Cronobacter in infant formula? Or did something else grab and keep your attention in the past 12
Investigations into almost 200 foodborne illnesses in Australia after eating a brand of baby spinach have revealed what caused the illnesses.
Riviera Farms said the spinach was contaminated with a
Researchers have found a mixed salad contaminated with the same type of Listeria that caused a multi-country outbreak with 54 cases and 10 deaths several years ago.
Salad and other
