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.
More than 500 people in the United Kingdom have been affected by a Salmonella outbreak linked to pork scratching products.
There were 534 sick people as of late October with
The number of outbreaks and people affected in them plummeted in Austria in 2020 compared to the year before.
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) reported there
Speakers at a roundtable discussion stressed the need to build capacity, engage policymakers, and use technology to improve food safety in Africa.
The session, organized by the Africa Union Commission
Brazil has again gone to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a dispute with the European Union about controls of Salmonella in poultry meat.
The South American country has requested
A global food safety network was involved in 65 incidents from July to September, which is more than earlier this year.
It is the third successive quarter that events involving
Danish officials have linked an outbreak of Salmonella to eggs produced in the country.
The Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) and DTU Food Institute investigated
A project in China has found the country improved its food safety control system from 2009 to 2019 and food did become safer.
China launched the food safety indicator pilot
The number of most foodborne diseases dropped in Norway in 2020 but there were increases for Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium and Yersinia.
There was a decline for the majority of infectious diseases
Salmonella dominated reported outbreaks in Australia in 2016 causing several large incidents, according to a study published recently.
A total of 177 foodborne outbreaks were reported affecting 3,639 people,
More than 30 people have been confirmed sick in Sweden with Salmonella infections since early October.
The national monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has affected 33 people. Whole genome sequencing has
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has launched a campaign to lower the risk of exposure to norovirus when dining out.
Ahead of Christmas, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
The European Commission has released a number of reports which mention food safety in countries wanting to become members of the European Union.
The documents cover many areas and look
