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Food poisoning fells more than 100 at Maryland food safety summit
Yahoo! News ^
| 4/29/14
| Lindsay Dunsmuir- Reuters
Posted on 04/29/2014 4:25:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
(Reuters) - A U.S. food safety summit in Maryland earlier this month has become a cautionary tale after more than 100 attendees came down with suspected food poisoning.
Most of those affected complained of diarrhea, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said in a statement.
Local health officials have heard from about 400 of the 1,300 attendees and are at a loss as to the exact cause of their illness.
The April 8-10 meeting at the Baltimore Convention Center included representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and food companies such as McDonald's Corp, Tyson Foods Inc and ConAgra Foods Inc.
"We are working on evaluating possible exposures and doing testing at the Maryland state public health laboratory to attempt to identify an agent," the health department said in the statement.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; busybodys; cdc; fda; foodpoisoning; foodsafety; godisperfect; maryland; nannystate; summit
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To: NormsRevenge
“Most of those affected complained of diarrhea.”
I runny
To: NormsRevenge; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
To: NormsRevenge; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; ...
Nanny State PING!
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Thanks for the ping——terrific picture.:-)
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posted on
04/29/2014 7:52:50 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Gilbo_3; Impy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
04/29/2014 7:54:42 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
To: sickoflibs
Physician, heal thyself! hahahahahahahahhaha
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posted on
04/29/2014 9:51:58 PM PDT
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: DanielRedfoot
That’s like when it snowed for the Global Warming summit!
LOLOLOLOLOL.....
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posted on
04/29/2014 9:56:41 PM PDT
by
caww
To: Secret Agent Man
i don’t eat salads i don’t make.
&&&
Same here. I am very careful of cleaning my fresh vegetables and fruits.
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:39:48 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: Hatteras
McDonald’s catered a food safety convention?
***
I did not go to the article, but the impression that I got was that reps from McDonald’s were among the attendees.
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posted on
04/30/2014 6:41:34 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: NormsRevenge
Oh, the irony.
I blame Tyson. Klintoon-loving AR commie bastards. And it is chicken, probably full of salmonella.
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:09:07 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: NormsRevenge
I give this a 9 on the honking hoot scale...
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:14:41 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: dragnet2
maryland ( THE Freak state) is a "santuary" state so who knows where the food service workers came from and what their sense of hygiene is. That said...BWAHAHAHAHA!
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posted on
04/30/2014 8:24:50 AM PDT
by
ogen hal
(First amendment or reeducation camp)
To: NormsRevenge
“Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene”
Mental hygiene?
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posted on
04/30/2014 10:27:58 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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