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.
Laboratory reports of pathogens including Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O157 have all increased compared to last year in England and Wales.
Data is based on
Authorities in Belgium have warned that certain meat products could be contaminated with Salmonella following processing of potentially contaminated raw materials from the Netherlands.
The Federal Agency for the Safety
The former owner of a fast food outlet in England linked to a Salmonella outbreak last year has received a suspended six month prison sentence.
Eight people had acute food
Food standards delivery in the United Kingdom is hampered by inadequate resources and an out of date approach to regulation, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The agency reviewed
Foodborne outbreaks affected more than 2,000 and killed nine people in Australia in 2012, according to the latest OzFoodNet annual report.
OzFoodNet sites reported 144 outbreaks of foodborne and
A committee of Members of the United Kingdom’s Parliament (MPs) is seeking assurances on food standards after Brexit.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee put forward an
The European Commission says that no measures against Poland are envisioned “for the time being” as a Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs continues to grow. Almost 1,500 people have
Cattle in Scotland have a higher level of a certain subtype of E. coli O157 which causes more severe human infections, according to a report.
Scientists found that Scottish cattle
Levels of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli in raw UK retail pork and beef remain low, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Findings come from a survey on behalf
Swedish officials are investigating a national outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened 33 people.
Local counties, Livsmedelsverket (National Food Agency) and Folkhälsomyndigheten (Public Health Agency) are working together to investigate
Almost 250 cases of poisonings due to wild mushroom consumption have been reported in France in the past few weeks.
From July to mid-October this year, poison control centers recorded
There is a “striking” lack of safety data on wild flowers used at restaurants, according to a review in Denmark.
Of 23 flowers reviewed, nine contained compounds with toxic or
