We were very pleased to speak recently at the Wilmington FDA SouthEast Region Food Protection Seminar. We co-presented a talk entitled "Using Social Media to Detect Foodborne Illness Outbreaks", with Dr. Ben Chapman of North Carolina State University.
Iwaspoisoned.com presented about "Food Safety Surveillance and Technology" at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Southeast Regional Food Safety Seminar on October 20th hosted by the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Food Protection Program.
Iwaspoisoned.com is invited to present about 'Food Safety Surveillance and Technology' at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Southeast Regional Food Safety Seminar on October 17th hosted by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Food Protection Program
The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), is an international trade association representing more than 2,100 retail and 1,600 supplier company members. Every year, the NACS Annual Confernce brings convenience and fuel retailing industry professionals together, and this year Patrick, the founder of is pleased to join a panel called 'Food Safety Focus Keeps Tweets Sweet NOT Sour' on Wednesday, Oct 18 | 9:15 am – 10:15 am, for more
We are very happy to take part in the 67th Annual Fall Educational Conference on October 20th. We will talk about technology and food safety surveillance.
Iwaspoisoned.com founder Patrick will be a featured speaker at the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show, taking place October 11 -13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Come see me speak to learn about Food Safety in the Age of Social Media as well as enjoy access to over 30+ free education sessions and over 500 of the leading vendors serving the restaurant & foodservice industry. You can register for the show for free (save $65!) when you use this
It was a privilege for Iwaspoisoned.com founder, Patrick Quade to participate in the esteemed California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) on Sept 19th, 2017, an event that stands at the forefront of environmental and public health discussions.
Social Media Surveillance - The Next Frontier for Food Safety By Patrick Quade, Founder iwaspoisoned.com on Florida's Restaurant & Lodging (FRLA) Magazine Summer 2017 Edition. Most people have had an experience with food poisoning, and in most cases, those experiences are mercifully short-lived. However, the price of foodborne illness is high: Approximately 3,000 people are killed and 128,000 are hospitalized each year due to foodbome illness in the United States alone, according to the CDC, and the economic annual cost reaches to the billions of dollars.
In 2015, before the widely publicized E. coli and norovirus outbreaks that significantly impacted Chipotle's reputation and stock value, our team at Iwaspoisoned.com had already noticed an unusually high rate of illness reports related to this restaurant chain. By mid-July, after numerous reports of severe gastrointestinal symptoms from customers of the Sterling, Virginia Chipotle location, the restaurant was forced to close temporarily. These incidents were later attributed to norovirus linked to lapses in safety protocols, rather than supply chain issues, as Chipotle clarified in a subsequent earnings call.
We were pleased to speak recently at the Vermont FDA Northeast Region Food Protection Seminar, It was an excellent conference. We look forward to speaking at two more FDA - Food Protection Seminars this year.
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