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.
Three people have died and more than 60 have fallen ill in a serious Listeria outbreak in Italy.
The Ministry of Health (Ministero della Salute) said there had been an
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has warned of major food safety and standards risks if the United Kingdom scraps certain European rules.
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill covers
Officials investigating a deadly outbreak in Austria have found Listeria at the company thought to be responsible.
Listeria isolates with the same genetic fingerprint as the outbreak strain were detected
Researchers have estimated that Japan had around 20,000 anisakiasis cases each year in 2018 and 2019. These figures are much higher than official data.
Anisakiasis is a parasitic disease
Public health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 that has sickened almost 200 people in a month.
Since early September, 192 genetically linked
Believing in certain food safety myths may increase the risk of illness, according to a study.
Researchers looked at how misinformed unscientific beliefs and the consequences of lacking science-based food
Experts have evaluated a range of methods to combat microbial hazards in fruit and vegetables.
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbial Risk Assessment (JEMRA) covered the prevention and
Austrian authorities are investigating a multi-year Listeria outbreak linked to three deaths.
Käserei Gloggnitz has recalled a number of products in relation to the incident.
Cluster analyses by the Austrian
Nestlé is looking to resume operations at a factory that was at the center of an E. coli outbreak in France earlier this year.
Approval from French authorities is still
Ferrero has received the all-clear at a factory behind a Salmonella outbreak after no problems were found during the initial approval period.
The company revealed it had been given final
New Zealand Food Safety has warned about the risk of hepatitis A in frozen berries after several recent illnesses.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) was informed by the Ministry
Salmonella in breaded chicken and ethylene oxide were two of the main incidents handled this past year by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The FSA was notified of 2,336
