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 rejected an appeal to ban imports of kangaroo meat from Australia for reasons that included food safety.
A petition was filed by three groups on the
A plant-based cheese brand has been linked to five serious Listeria infections in France.
The five cases of listeriosis include four pregnant women who gave birth prematurely. They were
More than 30 people fell sick with hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections in a complex outbreak in England involving dates, a school, a bakery, and different transmission routes, according to
More than 20 people have fallen ill in Sweden with the source of their infections suspected to be eggs.
The Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak involves 22 people from 11 different regions.
Swiss authorities have revealed a Listeria outbreak sickened 20 and killed one person in 2022.
The Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP), Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (OSAV), and
A recall of Nestlé Maggi noodles in India in 2015 impacted the company for several years, according to an analysis of consumer purchase data.
Scientists examined the immediate and long-
Italian researchers have looked at botulism trends over two decades including a large outbreak in 2020.
Italy has one of the highest botulism rates in Europe with one factor being
Iceland has been advised to improve official controls on shellfish and fish products.
An audit in May 2022 looked at hygiene controls of fishery products and fish oil for human
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 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.
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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
