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 Irish food agency has opened a public consultation to get views on the creation of a national food hygiene rating system.
Food hygiene rating scores provide customers with information
Public health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating an outbreak involving a rare type of Salmonella that has sickened 25 people, including 13 young children.
The UK Health Security
Foodborne outbreaks declined in Norway in 2024, but the number of people sick in them increased, mainly because of one of the largest Salmonella outbreaks in decades.
More outbreaks led
Campylobacter and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) reports went up in Malta in 2024, according to the latest figures.
Data comes from an annual report published by the Infectious Disease
An inquiry into bottled water manufacturers in France has criticized authorities for allowing Nestlé to use prohibited treatments.
A total of 28 recommendations were made, aimed at securing the quality
Mushroom poisoning cases have risen in China but the number of deaths went down slightly in 2024 compared to the year before.
In 2024, the Chinese Center for Disease Control
The number of food safety alerts exchanged between European member states went up in 2024.
The Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) includes the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
More than 2,000 cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) were reported in England in 2022, an increase of almost 80 percent from the year before.
According to the
Sweden has published an analysis of outbreaks over several years that reveals the largest incident sickened 280 people.
The report published by the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket) covers foodborne illnesses
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published an annual report looking at pesticide residue levels in food.
The EFSA carried out a dietary risk assessment as part of its
There was a slight rise in food fraud and other non-compliance cases discussed by European countries in March.
The number of notifications reported was 237 in March 2025, which is
Two FAO and WHO committees have had their local meetings recently with issues specific to each region discussed.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization
