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.
Ireland has reported a mixed picture for diseases in 2024 with rates of Campylobacter and Listeria going up but a decrease in E. coli notifications.
Data comes from a report
More than 60 people fell sick in a food handler-related norovirus outbreak in Australia.
The outbreak affected six events where attendees consumed food provided by a single catering business in
A survey commissioned in Ireland after a large outbreak has found a low prevalence of Salmonella in breaded chicken products.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) asked manufacturers to
The European Commission has proposed a change to tuna freezing rules to clamp down on food fraud and the risk of consumers getting sick.
Current rules require vessels to have
A school meal program has been paused in Peru after it was blamed for children getting sick in several regions of the country.
Almost 100 children fell ill in Piura
A long-awaited report into one of the largest E. coli O157 outbreaks in the United Kingdom has finally been published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
In the 2022
An analysis of Salmonella in Germany has revealed an overall decline but an increase in imported cases and unknown types of the pathogen.
German national surveillance data on salmonellosis from
Scientists have reported a substantial increase in non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections in England in recent years.
A study assessed how trends have been affected by factors such
Researchers have reported the food attributable portions of disease for four important pathogens in the United Kingdom.
Findings will be used to support future Food Standards Agency (FSA) studies estimating
An expert has urged vigilance to keep ever-changing and emerging viruses out of food.
Jeffrey LeJeune said it is not possible to predict the type, timing or location of the
Spain recorded a rise in outbreaks in 2023 compared to past years with 350 because of Salmonella, according to a recent report.
In Spain, outbreaks must be reported to the
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has provided more details about Campylobacter and Salmonella infections in 2023.
The number of reported Campylobacter cases in England rose from 54,884 in
