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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
Hahahhaahaha bwhahahaha
priceless
To: NormsRevenge
Sounds like some bad karma being balanced out.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:26:09 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
To: NormsRevenge
Wetbacks must have zhit on the salad greens.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:29:05 PM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: NormsRevenge
The Lord has an amazing sense of humor
5
posted on
04/29/2014 4:31:36 PM PDT
by
DanielRedfoot
(Creepy Ass Cracker)
To: NormsRevenge
i don’t eat salads i don’t make.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:32:38 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: DanielRedfoot
Yep, like causing a blizzard during a global warming conference. ;-)
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:34:01 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: NormsRevenge
Maybe they need more government and higher taxes ???
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:36:24 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Malaysia Flight MH370 Black Box signals reported in Bermuda Triangle)
To: NormsRevenge
the definition of “PERFECT”
To: Secret Agent Man
I don't eat salads that I don't grow.
/johnny
To: NormsRevenge
God has a great sense of humor!!
To: DanielRedfoot
We are not to wish evil on our enemies.
Sometimes it’s hard. I fail this test.
Like snow on a gorebal warming conference, let me fall gently.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:40:35 PM PDT
by
spankalib
("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
To: NormsRevenge
Shirley, it musta been the ones that ate the fish...
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:40:54 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: JRandomFreeper
Seems to be the wise choice these days.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:49:34 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: NormsRevenge
“NormsRevenge”?
Sounds more like Montezuma’s revenge.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:51:57 PM PDT
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
(At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
To: NormsRevenge
Perfect. These are probably the einsteins who are ruining the school lunch.
To: NormsRevenge
McDonald’s catered a food safety convention? Seriesly? What, they couldn’t afford Popeyes?...
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:52:56 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: JRandomFreeper
To: NormsRevenge
Should have left the public health inspections with the veterinarians. Once they filled the public health service full of lawyers and people with liberal arts degrees, the inspections became real lax.
To: NormsRevenge
Who says He doesn’t have a sense of humor!
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:03:34 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
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