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.
A quarter of food products imported into the Czech Republic from a third country were non-compliant last year, according to a report.
Inspection results revealed the highest number of violations
Public health officials in England and Wales are investigating the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people.
Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Wales (PHW)
The European Commission’s unit responsible for policy on food safety and health has published two reports on fishery products from tuna species.
DG SANTE auditors went to Italy from
Eight people are part of a Salmonella outbreak in Ireland linked to pork from Romania. Five of them were admitted to hospitals. Infected people also have been identified in other
A sixth person has died in a Listeria outbreak linked to sandwiches in the United Kingdom.
The patient was one of the nine previously confirmed infections and there are no
The risk of Listeria monocytogenes growth in raw milk butter is low if the pH drops below a certain level after so long, according to one study by Belgian experts.
More than seven out of 10 businesses are increasingly confident about food safety regulation in Ireland, according to a survey.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) found almost three
The public health institute in Germany has reported more than 30 people have been sick with E. coli this year after going to Egypt.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) noted
The numbers of people infected with E. coli and Listeria increased but there was a decrease for Salmonella and Campylobacter in Sweden in 2018.
The findings come from an annual
Fifty people are ill in Denmark from Campylobacter after eating chicken meat but authorities believe the actual number of patients may be much higher.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Danish Veterinary
Salmonella was once again the main hazard dealt with by an international food safety network from April to June this year.
During the second quarter of 2019, the International Food
Norovirus was responsible for the most foodborne outbreaks in Norway this past year, according to a recent report.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) found it caused 17 outbreaks
