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 number of foodborne outbreaks and the number of people sick in them fell in Denmark in 2020, according to a report.
A total of 35 foodborne outbreaks were registered
The number of infections from gastrointestinal viruses dropped but bacterial pathogen reports did not go down much in South Korea during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.
Such viruses
People are sick in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong after eating oysters contaminated with norovirus.
Reports suggest at least 100 people are ill in the UK with 12 cases
Concerns have been raised again that several border control posts in the United Kingdom may not be ready by January when checks on some imports from Europe are scheduled to
The number of foodborne outbreaks and people sick declined for the second year in a row in Finland, according to a new report.
In total, 34 foodborne outbreaks were recorded
A survey has revealed more about people’s attitudes when handling frozen partially cooked chicken at home after the products were linked to a large Salmonella outbreak.
The Food Standards
The European Commission has again extended temporary food safety rules on official controls because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Updated legislation states the flexibility given to EU countries is needed as
Two confirmed cases of E. coli O157 infection have been linked to a farm in England.
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm in Shropshire temporarily closed this past week to take
The number of foodborne infections decreased in Sweden in 2020, according to a report on the surveillance of infectious diseases in animals and humans.
Reports of Campylobacter, cryptosporidium, E. coli,
Public analyst laboratories are facing a number of challenges but there are also opportunities, according to the president of the Association of Public Analysts (APA) in the United Kingdom.
APA
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a reduction in referee cases but requests have increased in complexity, according to the Government Chemist.
Paul Hancock, referee analyst and head at the
The World Health Organization (WHO) has discussed plans to include food safety in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Almost 250 indicators are monitored across a range of areas to
