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.
An analysis of major Salmonella types across several countries has revealed they are mainly linked to various livestock sources.
Scientists estimated the contributions of several potential sources of human infection
Fourteen people have been prosecuted in Vietnam as part of a bribery case involving the country’s food safety agency.
An office of the Ministry of Public Security is investigating
Almost 200 people have been sickened in Singapore, prompting authorities to suspend a caterer.
The Communicable Diseases Agency, Singapore Food Agency (SFA), and Early Childhood Development Agency, are investigating six
A man has been given a suspended sentence in England for food safety offences.
Arfan Sultan, from Ilford, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Nov. 14 following an investigation
A grocery company in New Zealand has been fined for selling recalled hummus products that may have contained Salmonella.
Foodstuffs South Island was told to pay $39,000 (U.S.
Deadly outbreaks and reports of a serious condition caused by E. coli infection have been highlighted at a conference on infectious diseases.
Posters at the European Scientific Conference on Applied
The economic burden of Salmonella infection is substantial, with Africa hit the hardest, according to researchers.
A study, published in the journal BMJ Global Health, estimated the economic burden of
An assessment has revealed what is going well and which bits need work regarding the food safety systems of five potential European Union countries.
The reports cover progress in the
A group representing the fish sector in Europe has welcomed regulation on tuna frozen in brine.
Europêche said the legislation recognizes the high sanitary and technological standards already applied by
The latest data on food irradiation in Europe shows use of the technique is continuing to go down.
Every year, member states forward results to the European Commission of checks
A record number of issues were discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety.
Attendees at the November meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and
A farm owner on the Isle of Wight has been fined after an outbreak resulting in more than 250 people being infected with Cryptosporidium.
Sharon Wheeler ran an animal bottle