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 World Health Organization (WHO) has congratulated South Africa after the largest Listeria outbreak in recorded history was declared over.
South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the outbreak had
The largest ever detected Listeria outbreak in known history is over, according to officials in South Africa.
Between Jan. 1, 2017, and July 17, 2018, South Africa recorded 1,060
Around 50 people in five European countries have been struck down with a rare strain of Salmonella.
Salmonella Mikawasima has infected 15 people in Germany, 13 in Sweden, eight in
A European audit of measures to control Salmonella in Poland has found instances where detection of the pathogen was 100 times lower in testing by food businesses versus official tests.
Ireland is in the midst of one of its largest E. coli O157 outbreaks ever, with hundreds having been infected, according to a food safety expert.
Alan Reilly, former chief
Official food safety controls in Turkey can ensure that food of non-animal origin intended for export to the European Union meet requirements for primary production and processing, according to a
More than 20 people are sick in France as part of a Salmonella outbreak suspected to be caused by raw milk goat cheese. The implicated cheese was also distributed to
The Hungarian frozen vegetable factory believed to be the source of a Listeria outbreak that sickened 54 people in six countries, killing 10 of them, is set to restart production.
The number of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) cases in Scotland decreased slightly in 2017 but remains high compared to other UK countries, according to Health Protection Scotland.
A total
Repeated incidents of raw meat products as a source of infection shows the importance of risk awareness when handling or consuming such items, according to Dutch researchers investigating a Salmonella
The European Commission has said France acted correctly when issuing an alert for a suspected foodborne outbreak caused by infant formula from Ireland despite further investigations revealing it was not
The Danone company has been hit by several food safety issues recently, including a consumer reporting insects in a pack of its infant formula and another batch of baby formula
