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.
Microorganisms and parasites were only rarely detected in seafood products imported to Norway from third countries in 2018, according to a new report.
The document summarizes an ongoing monitoring program
Spanish authorities have linked an outbreak of Listeria that has affected more than 40 people to a brand of meat.
La Consejería de Salud y Familias de la Junta de
Officials in Austria are investigating three different outbreaks caused by Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria.
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) reported the source of the Salmonella
Campylobacter contamination in chickens in the United Kingdom has decreased but it remains high in smaller retailers, independent shops and butchers, according to a Food Standards Agency report.
The proportion
Almost 900 suspected foodborne outbreaks were reported in Germany last year including one due to Salmonella with almost 200 ill and another from Listeria that continued into this year with
A number of food trade groups have hit out at how the European Commission plans to strengthen targeted checks at its borders, saying proposals are not risk-based.
The International Meat
A Salmonella outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to pork from Romania has sickened 24 people, bringing the total impacted to 32.
Eight people from Ireland are also part of
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
