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.
Tiger Brands has made an undisclosed settlement offer to certain victims of a deadly listeriosis outbreak in South Africa that sickened more than 1,000 people more than seven years
Researchers have increased the understanding of diarrheal disease in older populations in South Africa.
A study examined trends in enteric pathogen prevalence in participants older than 5 years of age
Researchers have highlighted the significant burden of foodborne infections in Central America and the Caribbean and called for more attention on the issue in the region.
A review focused on
Belgian officials have urged people to pay attention to food safety following an increase in the number of outbreaks.
In 2024, 777 foodborne outbreaks were reported. This is more than
Data from Uruguay shows a rise in the number of outbreaks and people getting sick from 2021 to 2024.
Information on patients and outbreaks of foodborne illness between 2021 and
The latest foodborne illness figures and examples of outbreaks have been shared in South Africa.
The GERMS-SA 2023 annual review was compiled by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)
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
