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 root cause of a large E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2024 remains unknown with authorities warning a re-emergence is possible.
Almost 300 people fell ill with
Danish public health officials have reported two Salmonella outbreaks with 48 people sick.
Since the beginning of November, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has registered 18 cases of Salmonella Strathcona.
Guidance on the safety of cell-cultivated products has been published in the United Kingdom.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have held five workshops covering areas
Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria infections in Europe all increased in 2024 compared to the year before.
Figures come from a report published by the European Food Safety Authority
Norovirus has been blamed for causing an outbreak in Hungary that sickened almost 600 people.
The National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy (NNGYK), the National Food Chain Safety Office
Scotland has seen a spike in infections with health officials investigating 17 outbreaks in 2024, according to recently released information.
There was an increase in the number of laboratory reports
Foodborne outbreaks declined in Sweden in 2024, but the number of people sick in them increased.
Data reveals the foodborne illness cases reported to the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) in
Two recent Campylobacter outbreaks traced to poultry meat in Denmark highlight the issues with current regulations, according to scientists.
In July to November, two Campylobacter jejuni outbreaks with 119 reported
More than 130 people have fallen sick in the United Kingdom with Shigella infections. Most of them had been to Cape Verde before getting ill.
The UK Health Security Agency
Scientists have described how text message surveillance helped discover several Salmonella outbreaks.
Researchers in Australia trialed several methods to contact notified salmonellosis cases to collect information on exposures and risks,
More than 220 suspected frauds were reported in Europe in October, potentially triggering investigations in member states.
There were 223 reports in October, compared to 164 in September, 166 in
