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.
A long-running legal case involving the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and a meat business has been settled by the Supreme Court.
Cleveland Meat Company (CMC), which stopped trading in 2017,
The food safety control system in Poland “leaves much to be desired,” according to the country’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK).
NIK analyzed nine of its inspections carried out in
The greatest risks of serious health effects from contaminants in food are associated with arsenic and certain mycotoxins, according to an analysis in Finland.
The Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto) wanted
Cases linked to wild mushroom poisoning in China declined slightly this past year but still pose a huge problem in the country, according to researchers.
In 2021, there were 327
Two audits by the European Commission’s health and safety agency have studied the microbial safety of food of non-animal origin (FNAO) in Estonia and the Netherlands.
The first remote
Food-related crime is a regular but rarely reported event in Finland, committed in different types of establishments, and a variety of products are vulnerable, according to a study.
The research
Levels of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli in chicken in the United Kingdom have remained stable in the past few years, according to a report.
Findings come from a survey
Officials in Switzerland have been unable to find what was behind an increase in hepatitis E infections that affected more than 100 people in 2021.
The Federal Office of Public
Antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter is more common on foreign chicken than domestic meat, according to an analysis in Sweden.
Research also found the majority of Campylobacter infections in patients infected abroad were
Imported food and foodborne illness are among the top concerns for consumers, according to a survey in Australia.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) commissioned the University of Adelaide to
Cyclospora, Toxoplasma, and Cryptosporidium have been detected in berries sold in Norway.
Researchers said findings show the need for a system to ensure the parasitological safety of fresh berries.
Blueberries,
Spanish officials have said steps taken in response to more than a dozen Salmonella infections were “sufficient and proportionate” to protect public health.
Two outbreaks affected 14 people at two
