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.
Outcomes from a workshop have shown that people don’t want diverging food safety standards between nations in the United Kingdom, according to research published by the Food Standards Agency
France reported a record high number of foodborne outbreaks in 2022, according to recently released data.
Notified outbreaks were at their highest since the start of surveillance in 1987 and
Findings from the testing of food products for authenticity, contaminants, and allergens have been published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The survey is targeted to areas of potential risk
Two examples showing the benefits and challenges of agencies moving from paper-based to digital systems have been published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The first covers how
Norovirus caused the most foodborne outbreaks, but Salmonella was behind the largest, according to an analysis covering several years in Finland.
In 2020 to 2022, there were 135 foodborne outbreaks
The majority of people in Southeast Asian countries wash raw poultry meat at home before cooking, according to a study.
People are advised not to wash raw poultry before cooking
Scientists have called for Chagas disease to be included in new estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease.
Chagas disease, caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, has
Researchers have shared findings from Cryptosporidium surveillance in Sweden from 2018 to 2022.
A national microbiological surveillance program was implemented in 2018 to increase knowledge of the molecular epidemiology of
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published guidance to help national authorities design and implement risk-based food inspection systems.
Risk-based inspection aims to use resources more efficiently and modernize systems
A cheese company linked to an E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom has been allowed to restart sales of products.
Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese can resume selling batches
More details about the impact of seven kinds of foodborne infections in Europe in 2022 have been released.
The reports cover Campylobacter, Salmonella, Yersinia, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Listeria,
Norwegian officials have solved a Bacillus cereus outbreak that affected more than 20 young children.
Several infants aged 5 to 6 months old became ill between November 2023 and January
