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.
Health officials in the United Kingdom have reported an increase in Cyclospora infections in people returning from Mexico.
Between April 30 and July 15, 67 cases of cyclosporiasis were recorded
The food agency in the Philippines has revealed the results of stricter enforcement measures in the first half of this year.
The country's Food and Drug Administration faced
Industrial poultry farming has played a role in the spread of Campylobacter, according to researchers.
Scientists from the Ineos Oxford Institute found that the chicken host environment may drive the
Authorities in an Australian state have rejected claims made in a TV program that horse meat has been detected in food.
The New South Wales (NSW) Food Authority said it
A poultry company in England has disclosed how a Salmonella contamination incident will likely cost it £2.1 million ($2.8 million).
Between March 23 and April 10 this year,
The number of E. coli O157 cases has remained stable but non-O157 infections went up in England in 2025 compared to the year before.
Figures published by the UK
China has reported a significant rise in mushroom poisonings and the number of people sick in them in 2025 compared to the year before.
Poisoning incidents and patients reached a
Global supply chains and online marketplaces are adding to incident complexity, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
FSA was notified of 2,073 food and feed safety incidents in
More than 40 cases of a serious condition that can develop after an E. coli infection were reported in 2025 in Italy.
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe complication
The health risk posed by meat processed by a company under investigation in the Netherlands is “negligible,” according to an assessment.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
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Researchers have detailed four Vibrio outbreaks in New Zealand that affected 117 people with 43 hospitalizations.
In many places, including New
