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.
Smoked salmon has been linked to a Listeria outbreak in Norway that has sickened four people.
Patient samples were taken between February and August this year and all ill people
Remote audits should not replace physical visits but can be used as part of a hybrid approach, said presenters at the Vienna Food Safety Forum.
The United Nations Industrial Development
The number of food incidents rose this past year but recalls and sampling declined, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s (FSAI) annual report.
During 2021, 154 warnings
More than 50 people have fallen ill in a national outbreak of Salmonella in Sweden with the source yet to be identified.
A total of 54 confirmed cases of Salmonella
Major problems remain in the Polish control system for beef and poultry meat, according to the European Commission’s health and safety agency.
A remote DG Sante audit, in October
A third of food outlets in England don’t display a food hygiene rating but the figure has decreased over recent years, according to a survey.
In Northern Ireland and
Using food safety findings from industry and third parties could help regulators better target resources, but there are issues to overcome on both sides, according to experts.
Speakers discussed the
The number of foodborne outbreaks in the Netherlands passed 800 in 2021, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
A total of 838 outbreaks, affecting
There needs to be an incentive for food safety data to be shared between the public and private sectors, according to speakers at the Vienna Food Safety Forum.
The event,
Foodborne illness costs Australia almost AUD $2.5 billion annually, according to updated estimates.
Figures show the scale of the problem is $2.44 billion (U.S. $1.58 billion)
Vaccination programs and public awareness campaigns could reduce the number of people affected by tick-borne encephalitis virus, which is sometimes foodborne, according to researchers.
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral
Officials in New Zealand investigating Hepatitis A cases linked to berries have identified a connection with a past outbreak in Europe.
There are 12 hepatitis A infections from eating frozen
