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.
Food agencies from 15 European countries have assessed the safety of plant-based alternatives, finding sporadic contamination.
The report, published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) details the microbiological
Scientists have been unable to pinpoint the route of contamination in a hepatitis A outbreak traced to blueberries.
Twenty-four patients in the Netherlands became ill from November 2024 to
More than 30 tons of products have been seized as an investigation into a company selling frozen food with suspected fraudulent labels continues.
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) National
An analysis of official controls in Norway and Iceland has revealed effective oversight overall with some recurring weaknesses.
Norway and Iceland are part of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
A sick food handler likely contaminated items served at an event in Australia despite preparing food after symptoms had stopped, according to researchers.
An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness was reported
The number of outbreaks in Austria has stayed close to the same level in 2025 but they caused more illnesses than the year before, according to recently released statistics.
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Several Salmonella outbreaks in France have been linked to eggs from Poland.
Between May and July 2026, France reported four outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to mayonnaise, chocolate mousse, and
The cost of food fraud in the United Kingdom could be as much as £2 billion ($2.7 billion) per year, according to researchers.
Research from the University of Portsmouth
Details of a large Trichinella outbreak in Lebanon linked to contaminated meat have been shared in new research.
In December 2023, a Trichinella case was reported in Jahliyeh, Mount Lebanon,
An analysis of outbreaks over a decade in Hong Kong has revealed the growing prevalence of norovirus-related raw oyster outbreaks.
From 2016 to 2025, Hong Kong recorded 1,964
