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.
Salmonella infections overtook norovirus to become Denmark’s top cause of outbreaks in 2023.
Data from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Veterinary and
Fourteen deaths have been associated with a multi-country Listeria outbreak linked to fish products that has been ongoing for more than a decade.
There have been 73 Listeria monocytogenes infections
A consumer group in Taiwan looks set to launch a class action lawsuit after a fatal food poisoning outbreak earlier this year.
The incident in March claimed six lives and
The European Commission has changed the level of inspections on various imported products, including pistachios from the United States.
The revised legislation sets the rate of official controls and special
According to a Dutch assessment, there is a high level of uncertainty around the risks posed by eating bushmeat.
The Office for Risk Assessment and Research (BuRO), part of the
According to webinar speakers, a global food safety network has played a vital role in sharing information about food incidents in the past two decades.
A webinar was held this
Experts from European food safety agencies have produced a report on substances that should not be used or need conditions for dietary supplements.
The Heads of Food Safety Agencies (HoA)
A range of events, speeches, and webinars took place this past week to mark World Food Safety Day. Below, Food Safety News summarizes the best bits to mark the occasion.
A consumer survey in New Zealand has found food poisoning was the second highest food-related concern after prices.
In total, 56 percent were concerned, suggesting food poisoning is taken seriously,
An outbreak of Salmonella has sickened more than 30 people in Denmark.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) said 31 people had been infected by the same type of monophasic Salmonella
Border controls, recalls and inspection data are some of the highlights from the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) 2023 annual report.
In 2023, 47 percent of the
Public health agencies across the United Kingdom are searching for the source of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people in less than two weeks.
There
