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.
Rates of food poisoning among older people appear to be higher in Scotland than in other countries, according to recent research.
Findings have helped Food Standards Scotland (FSS) clarify who
More than 20 people are sick in Denmark as part of a Salmonella outbreak.
Since mid-May, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has recorded 25 cases of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium.
Sweden has recorded a recent increase in the number of people infected with Campylobacter.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) said the rise in infections was expected and is
World Food Safety Day was held on June 7. In this article, Food Safety News looks at some of the ways different regions and stakeholders marked the occasion.
On June
Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic represents a major problem, according to an analysis of foodborne chemicals.
In 2021, nine foodborne chemicals caused 6.26 million cases and 1.12 million
Example E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks are included in a review by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) of health risks that could occur in the next few years.
The
The chair of the group behind revised foodborne illness figures has hailed the “encouraging” progress in reducing infections but warned that the burden is still “significant.”
Speaking on a webinar
Researchers from Denmark have contributed to the work behind the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated foodborne illness estimates.
Scientists at DTU National Food Institute helped with scientific advice, methodological
