Joe Whitworth is a food and beverage trade journalist. Prior to reporting for Food Safety News, he worked for William Reed Business Media since 2012 as Editor of Food Quality News before becoming food safety editor for Food Navigator.
A bill has been put forward in the United Kingdom to make guidance about the risks of methanol poisoning clear in travel advice after the deaths of several people, including
Britain is sleepwalking through its biggest food safety crisis since the horse meat scandal, according to a report on meat smuggling.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said it
An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for serving her relatives a meal that included death cap mushrooms.
Erin Patterson, aged 50, also received a non-parole period
Another 50 cases have been added to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe and the United States, taking the total number of people sick to more than 300.
From January
German officials have revealed a rare type of E. coli is responsible for a serious outbreak in the country.
The National Reference Center (NRZ) for Salmonella and other bacterial enteritis
A survey in Germany has revealed most people are familiar with raw milk but hardly any are concerned about associated health risks.
Two-thirds of consumers have heard of it but
Dutch authorities have completed an investigation into cannabis in candy that prompted Haribo to issue a recall.
The Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie) said no criminal prosecution will be filed.
The FAO and WHO are facing increasing demands for scientific evaluations at a time when there has been a “significant” reduction in donor funding.
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee
Acceptance of food irradiation appears to be increasing, according to an analysis of previous research.
A total of 27 peer-reviewed articles in English covering 24,474 people in 15 countries
Health officials in Sweden suspect contaminated eggs are behind a Salmonella outbreak in the country.
Seven people from four regions are infected with a type of Salmonella Enteritidis that has
The owner of a burger restaurant linked to a large botulism outbreak in Saudi Arabia in 2024 has gone into liquidation.
The outbreak affected 75 people in Riyadh and one
Almost 50 confirmed E. coli infections and several deaths have been reported in eight nursing homes in a region of Belgium.
In Flanders, it has been confirmed that 48 patients
