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.
The number of outbreaks fell by more than 40 percent in France in 2020, largely because of COVID-19 measures, according to new numbers from the French public health agency.
Overall,
European experts and commercial growers have listed a series of recommendations to help reduce the risk of produce contamination.
A workshop in 2019 featured researchers, regulators, growers and other stakeholders
The European Commission has tightened the rules around imports of Galia melons from Honduras because of a recent Salmonella outbreak.
Emergence of a risk to human health because of possible
An E. coli outbreak in Denmark that has affected more than 60 people in less than a month has been linked to spring onions from Egypt.
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
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A trio of issues that featured in the news agenda of 2020 carried into 2021 and none of them are out of sight yet. Coronavirus, the United Kingdom leaving
A man in England has been jailed for selling a chemical sometimes marketed as a fat burner on the internet.
Jack Finney was sentenced at Chester Crown Court to 28
Denmark is investigating an increase in the number of registered cases of a type of E. coli reported in the past month.
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) is usually associated with
Eating meat fondues and raclette grill meals contributes to the annual seasonal peak of Campylobacter cases in Germany, according to a study.
During such meals, raw meat is typically handled
Authorities in the United Kingdom have issued a warning because of a rise in the number of non-compliant food and drink products being imported from countries including the United States.
Most businesses correctly cool down hot food but some violations were found during inspections in Denmark.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) investigated whether shops, restaurants and caterers were
Salmonella caused almost a quarter of foodborne outbreaks in Europe in 2020, according to a report.
The main sources of salmonellosis outbreaks were eggs, egg products and pig meat. Norovirus
Four lessons have been identified involving regulation during COVID-19 by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
They include the role of early warning and emerging risk systems to help
