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World Bank collaboration highlights how crowdsourcing can improve food safety

Our collaboration with the World Bank is putting a spotlight on how unsafe food costs economies hundreds of billions of dollars worldwide, yet in many cases surveillance is limited and there are few effective ways for a consumer to report a case of food poisoning. Our groundbreaking effort shows new technology solutions can make a significant contribution to this challenge. It is possible to look to citizen data in order to detect food poisoning and identify issues in real time.  This is what motivated us to found  and B2B service . 

IWasPoisoned.com founder to speak at 2019 Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) conference in France

Patrick Quade, who launched IWasPoisoned.com after a bout with food poisoning several years ago, will speak at the 2019 Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) conference in Nice on the French Riveria on February 28.  The GSFI brings together key actors of the food industry to collaboratively drive continuous improvement in food safety management systems around the world. The focus this year will be on Emerging Challenges and the Future of Food Safety. 

Resort food poisoning cases continue despite warnings

IWasPoisoned.com has identified over 100 people who are sick from food poisoning dating back to mid-December after being at Grand Fiesta Americana Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Local tourism and health officials were contacted, but there has been no response. The most recent reports of illnesses were collected by IWasPoisoned.com was on February 18.

Almost all of FDA food safety policy office staff furloughed

A total 95 percent of the more than 800 staff members of the FDA center that sets and enforces food safety regulations are not working as a result of the partial government shutdown, according to an influential blog. At issue is the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, which has “employees who range from secretaries and other support staff to highly specialized professionals -- such as chemists, microbiologists, toxicologists, food technologists, pathologists, molecular biologists, pharmacologists, nutritionists, epidemiologists, mathematicians, sanitarians, physicians and veterinarians,” says the agency website. Most Center staff members work in the center's headquarters in College Park, MD, but it also operates  research facilities in Laurel, MD; Bedford, IL, and in Dauphin Island, AL.  

FDA to restart inspections of high-risk foods

Despite the government shutdown, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will resume inspections of high-risk foods -- such as some produce and cheese -- as early as today, January 15. Food inspections by the agency are exclusively funded by taxpayer money and such work was halted as a result of the closure, which began on December 22.  

Federal Funding Experts Issue Warning About Food Safety During Shutdown

Food poisoning may increase as a result of the government being closed.   “We know that food safety will be particularly hard-hit, including the furloughing of workers in charge of routine inspections,” says a statement from the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, a multi-stakeholder coalition that educates and advocates for increased appropriated funding for FDA. “These functions are almost exclusively funded by appropriations.” The group says the agency will manage outbreaks related to foodborne illness, high-risk recalls and reviews of import entries to determine potential risks to health, but will be “thinly-staffed.” For more information from the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, contact Steven Grossman () or Ladd Wiley ()

Surge of Food Poisoning Reports Citing Northern California Sourced Oysters

*Update: As of January 21 at 3:15pm US Eastern, we have gathered reports citing 100 sickened. Here is a list  from which the oysters were recalled.  Check back regulartly for updated numbers and information. January 05th, 2019 Sample reports below: "My dad, bro and I ate the oysters and we got sick, my mom didn't touch the oysters and she was fine. We ate about 12 hours before we started showing symptoms and the puking and nausea started for all of us around the same time about 20 hours later" . Cam, San Francisco "A group of us consumed oysters on New Years Eve and today have all been ill. What started as nausea later yesterday has turned into vomiting for the entirety of today."  -  Em,  San Francisco

Multiple reported sick after eating at Barbarie's Black Angus Grill in Danbury, Connecticut

Almost 70 people believe they suffered from food poisoning as a result of dining at Barbarie’s Black Angus Grill in Danbury, CT, just before Christmas, based on reports gathered by IWasPoisoned.com. Those who fell ill shortly after eating at the restaurant had many different types of food, and half of the patrons in some large parties spent the holidays very sick. For example, Kathleen Auffant, a nurse from nearby Katonah, NY, ate at the restaurant on Saturday, Dec. 22, and 5 of the ten people in her party became extremely ill by early Christmas eve morning. As a result, she was unable to enjoy the holiday with her family and even had to miss some work as a result.  

World Bank: Low-and Middle-Income Countries lose US$ 110 Billion a year to unsafe food

The World Bank recently published The Safe Food Imperative: Accelerating Progress in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, a study conducted in low - and middle - income economies (LMIC) showing that foodborne illnesses cause US$ 110 Billion in losses mostly to lost productivity and medical expenses annually. Yet, most of these impacts can be avoided by applying preventive measures at the top of the production chain according to the study. Source: The Safe Food Imperative: Accelerating Progress in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, World Bank, 2019

2018 Indiana Environmental Health Association Fall Educational Conference

The 2018 Indiana Environmental Health Association (IEHA) Fall Educational Conference welcomed Iwaspoisoned.com, to speak about food safety and social media. The talk covered the various new ways that these two spaces intersect, and new tools available to environmental health experts to help enhance surveillance, and improve outcomes. The conference draws speakers from all around the country to cover a myraid of topics related to Food Protection, Wastewater Management, Terrorism and All Hazards Preparedness, and General Environmental Health. The Indiana Envionmental Health Association has over 400 members state wide and its main perogative is to control environmental hazards and to attain optimum human health. To click

Iwaspoisoned Founder speaks at Plug and Play Insurtech

Iwaspoisoned.com Founder, Patrick Quade was invited to speak at Plug and Play Insurtech's 'Property & Casualty' event this week in Sunnyvale, CA. Patrick discussed the various ways insurance companies can utilize and data in underwriting, pricing and other parts of the insurance business.  

Iwaspoisoned.com helps link well water to E. coli outbreak at TN zipline attraction

was noted as a primary source by and news in identifying a recent E. coli outbreak in Gatlinburg, TN, which caused at least 550 illnesses among visitors who drank well water at the CLIMB Works Zip Line Canopy Tour. Over the weekend of July 6-8, we received 5 independent reports, citing 11 total sick, as families and friends began reporting illness after visiting CLIMB Works. Gathered, these reports indicated patterns of a possible food poisoning outbreak around specific dates, at a very specific location...

Iwaspoisoned.com founder speaking at the 2018 FEHA Anual Education Meeting

Patrick Quade, founder of Iwaspoisoned.com & Dinesafe.org, had a great time speaking with the Food safety class of the 2018 Annual Education Meeting held by the Florida Environmental Health Association (FEHA) in Cape Canaveral, FL. Patrick shared his experiences of “Food safety in the social media age”, offering his unique perspective on how the two go hand-in-hand in today's society.  Patrick discussed the types of social media and news media interactions that can take place during a large outbreak, and how this intersects with food safety. Joining representatives of the food industry, food safety consultants, and environmental health officers, Patrick was honored to be among a variety of classes offered by FEHA at the 2018 AEM including Body Art, OSTDS, Food Safety, CPO Certification and the RS Test.   

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