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 United Kingdom has reported 11 cases of Salmonella this year as part of an outbreak traced to eggs from Poland that started in 2012.
The outbreak was part of
Experts have met in England to help update guidance on Vibrio spp. that can be found in seafood such as bivalve mollusks.
The meeting on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus
An outbreak of Yersinia in Denmark and Sweden with more than 50 cases has been linked to fresh spinach.
Statens Serum Institut, a public health research institute in Denmark, reports
Salmonella has been detected in 16 tons of poultry imported to the Czech Republic from Poland since mid-April, according to the Czech State Veterinary Administration (SVS).
SVS has ordered emergency
Birmingham Halal Abattoir has recalled meat and pet food because it may be unfit for human and pet consumption.
Some of the products do not meet food and feed safety
Raw pet food has been linked to an outbreak of feline tuberculosis that has infected dozens of cats and two people in the United Kingdom.
One hundred people and 90
Authorities from six European countries have dismantled an alleged criminal organization that sold fish unfit for consumption.
Fish was stored in, and transported to, several EU countries in improper and
Dutch researchers have advised freezing filet americain to reduce infection risk from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma.
If filet americain, known in the United States as steak tartare, is frozen for
Researchers have described how a laboratory handled increased demand during the 2017-2018 listeriosis outbreak in South Africa.
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) and epidemiological data were used to determine the source
Authorities have dismantled an organized crime group trading in adulterated olive oil in Germany and Italy.
The operation named “Oro Giallo” — Yellow gold in English — involving Europol, Eurojust, the NAS
A chipotle chili product was the most likely vehicle of infection in the largest recorded norovirus restaurant outbreak in the United Kingdom, according to researchers.
During October and November 2016,
Almost 70 people have fallen ill in New Zealand with Salmonella infections from alfalfa sprouts.
GSF Fresh New Zealand recalled some of its Pams, Sproutman and Fresh Harvest branded sprout
