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.
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
France has recorded more than 60 illnesses linked to wild mushrooms since the beginning of September.
Recent weather conditions have favored the growth of wild mushrooms and more than 60
Contaminated food could be playing a role in an increase of Hepatitis A infections, according to European officials.
Clusters and outbreaks of hepatitis A virus (HAV) genotype IB with four
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has outlined plans to support the existing laboratory network which it says is in a “precarious position”.
The agency has obtained funding of £2.1
Awareness of food poisoning has gone down in recent years but it remains one of the top concerns for Europeans, according to a survey.
The Eurobarometer survey was conducted in
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
