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.
A charity in Australia has repeated a warning against picking and eating wild mushrooms.
The Food Safety Information Council’s annual message comes as mushrooms are starting to appear around
Poland has a solid system to monitor fish product safety but its effectiveness is weakened by issues with training and Listeria sampling.
An audit by DG Sante took place in
Seven E. coli and 13 Cryptosporidium outbreak investigations in England and Wales required APHA assistance in 2024, according to a recent report.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was
Researchers have been unable to find the original source in a Welsh Shigella outbreak that affected more than 50 people.
In February 2023, 52 cases of gastrointestinal illness were reported
Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens.
At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts reviewed
Health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating a fatal Listeria outbreak linked to desserts supplied to the National Health Service.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Food Standards
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is looking into the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect and investigate foodborne illness outbreaks.
UKHSA experts assessed different types of
Scientists have described the investigations performed and control measures taken in relation to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak traced to Ferrero chocolate in 2022.
In February 2022, the United Kingdom detected
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has started work on assessing the safety of lab-grown meat but only a minority of consumers seem to be willing to consume it.
A team
Scientists have found a way to stop the growth of Listeria in a traditional Norwegian product and have improved detection methods.
Rakfisk is made by fermenting trout or char in
Around 70 Salmonella infections have been linked to eating eggs in Belgium.
At the start of 2025, the National Reference Centre for Salmonella at Sciensano detected an increase in reports
Seven people fell sick in a Salmonella outbreak in Australia in 2024 after eating kangaroo meat.
A Salmonella Muenchen outbreak occurred in August 2024 after consuming wild hunted kangaroo in
