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.
E. coli has been found in ground beef, pre-packaged salads, and ready-made dough and baking mixes, according to results of food controls in Germany.
In 2021 risk-based monitoring, samples of
Salmonella was responsible for more than half of all foodborne outbreaks in Australia in 2017, according to recently released figures.
A total of 179 foodborne outbreaks were reported in 2017.
Italian authorities are investigating a Listeria outbreak that has sickened 22 people and killed one.
Mortadella sold by Veroni is being looked at as a potential source but an official
Almost 200 people have been sickened in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak that has been ongoing for more than a year.
Overall, 196 Salmonella Mbandaka infections have been reported with 89
Two major foodborne outbreaks have recently been highlighted at a European conference on infectious diseases.
Presentations at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) covered an E.
Three E. coli outbreaks were reported in England earlier this year with two linked to dairy farms.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) helped the UK Health Security Agency
Researchers have found that Salmonella caused the most outbreaks linked to meat products in China over a 15-year period.
From 2002 to 2017, China recorded 2,815 outbreaks caused by
Sweden has noted an increase in foodborne outbreaks and illnesses in 2021 but levels were still below pre-COVID-19 pandemic figures.
The number of outbreaks reported to the Swedish Food Agency
Scientists have developed formal risk assessment models for Listeria monocytogenes in certain foods.
The models need to be tested and reviewed before being made public, said experts at a meeting
Seven new trade issues discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety involved the European Union.
Countries raised 52 specific trade concerns (STCs), 10 of them
The number of food safety incidents involving an international network has gone up in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous three months.
The International Food Safety
Almost 27,000 tons of food and 15 million liters of beverages have been seized in operations focused on counterfeit food and drink.
Operation Opson XI was led in Europe
