Hundred+ Sickened at Food Safety Summit.

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**nels1031**

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/possible-food-poisoning-sickens-100-safety-summit-n91631

Way to represent, Baltimore!

More than 100 people have now reported they got sick with suspected food poisoning at a national Food Safety Summit held earlier this month in Baltimore.

Maryland state health officials say they still don’t know what caused the outbreak of gastroenteritis that left participants suffering symptoms that included diarrhea and nausea.

“We are working on evaluating possible exposures and doing testing at the Maryland state public health laboratory to attempt to identify an agent,” officials said in a letter to attendees.

The conference, held April 8 to 10 at the Baltimore Convention Center, attracted at least 1,300 of the top food safety officials in the nation, including staff from federal agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as businesses such as McDonald’s, Tyson and ConAgra Foods.

Health officials have heard back from about 400 of those who attended, so the actual toll of illness might be higher.

City health officials inspected the convention center and its food service provider, Centerplate. The company was issued a violation notice for condensation dripping from one of the two ice machines in the kitchen, a spokesman said.

**LordofHats**

**PrehistoricUFO**

Yeah talk about irony, lol!

**Ouze**

I had food poisoning once, so I can merely snicker, rather than laugh. But terrific twist.

**Jihadin**

FBI's

**PrehistoricUFO**

Ouze wrote:
I had food poisoning once, so I can merely snicker, rather than laugh. But terrific twist.

I've been food poisoned before. For anyone who hasn't, imaging throwing up like every 20 minutes. You are constantly drinking because you are absolutely thirsty from the purging, and the vomiting happens so frequently you practically just stay in the bathroom and the actual act becomes so casual you don't even really heave anymore, you just sort of - stream from the mouth silently.

**Relapse**

Ouze wrote:
I had food poisoning once, so I can merely snicker, rather than laugh. But terrific twist.

The time I got it was from eating what turned out to be appropriatly named "Volcanoe Shrimp" at a dodgy Chinese restaurant.

**LordofHats**

Volcano Shrimp sounds like it's supposed to give you food poisoning XD

**Relapse**

LordofHats wrote:
Volcano Shrimp sounds like it's supposed to give you food poisoning XD

I got my money's worth of that.

**Ouze**

Relapse wrote:
Ouze wrote:
I had food poisoning once, so I can merely snicker, rather than laugh. But terrific twist.

The time I got it was from eating what turned out to be appropriatly named "Volcanoe Shrimp" at a dodgy Chinese restaurant.

There's a pleasing symmetry there, I must say.

**streamdragon**

PrehistoricUFO wrote:
Ouze wrote:
I had food poisoning once, so I can merely snicker, rather than laugh. But terrific twist.

I've been food poisoned before. For anyone who hasn't, imaging throwing up like every 20 minutes. You are constantly drinking because you are absolutely thirsty from the purging, and the vomiting happens so frequently you practically just stay in the bathroom and the actual act becomes so casual you don't even really heave anymore, you just sort of - stream from the mouth silently.

A bad chicken sandwhich gave me food poisoning once that hit me like a mac truck. Feeling fine, feeling fine, BOOM, why is it so hot in here?

I basically turned on the shower and laid down. It was easier than trying to move; the constant blasts from both ends left me so dehydrated I was on the verge of passing out.

**kronk**

PrehistoricUFO wrote:
Ouze wrote:
I had food poisoning once, so I can merely snicker, rather than laugh. But terrific twist.

I've been food poisoned before. For anyone who hasn't, imaging throwing up like every 20 minutes. You are constantly drinking because you are absolutely thirsty from the purging, and the vomiting happens so frequently you practically just stay in the bathroom and the actual act becomes so casual you don't even really heave anymore, you just sort of - stream from the mouth silently.

That sucks, dude!

Noro-virus is better! You simultaneously and suddenly need to poop violently and throw up violently. You have 5 seconds.

Make your choice.

**Easy E**

Food poisoning kills a shockingly high number of people in the United States. IIRC (wihtout googlig) it is something like 5K+ annually.

**SagesStone**

That's one way to teach about food safety.

**Grey Templar**

Easy E wrote:
Food poisoning kills a shockingly high number of people in the United States. IIRC (wihtout googlig) it is something like 5K+ annually.

That's not actually a very high number at all, when you consider upwards of 7.5 million people contract food poisoning in the US each year, of which only 350k end up getting hospitalized. That's less than a hundreth of 1% who get sick that die. And the majority of those that do die are immune compromised.

**Frazzled**

Having had multiple bouts due to hardheadedness and bad California restaurants I feel for them.

Food poisoning is indeed something I would wish upon my worst enemy.

**timetowaste85**

This is a health safety course!! Eat the poison!!!

**Relapse**

kronk wrote:
PrehistoricUFO wrote:
Ouze wrote:
I had food poisoning once, so I can merely snicker, rather than laugh. But terrific twist.

I've been food poisoned before. For anyone who hasn't, imaging throwing up like every 20 minutes. You are constantly drinking because you are absolutely thirsty from the purging, and the vomiting happens so frequently you practically just stay in the bathroom and the actual act becomes so casual you don't even really heave anymore, you just sort of - stream from the mouth silently.

That sucks, dude!

Noro-virus is better! You simultaneously and suddenly need to poop violently and throw up violently. You have 5 seconds.

Make your choice.

I have suffered that dilemma before. I quickly perched on the toilet while simutaniously grabbing a garbage can and sitting it in my lap. Since I use plastic liners for the garbage, no problem.

**whembly**

Frazzled wrote:

Food poisoning is indeed something I would wish upon my worst enemy.

No... kidney stones is much worse dude. MUCH worst.

*shudder*

**Grey Templar**

Learned more about food poisoning today in class.

Botulism is not nice. At least the Kidney stone gives you a fair shake.

**Ouze**

I had the same situation as Relapse. In my case, it was a bad burrito, but I went home sick. Eventually I was atop the bowl, a garbage can between my knees, vigorously throwing off ballast from both ends more or less simultaneously - the efforts at one end kicking off a challenging response from the other, for what seemed like an eternity but in retrospect was probably just a few hours.

So, I mean this is obviously a funny story, but those memories have really stayed with me.

**Relapse**

Ouze wrote:
I had the same situation as Relapse. In my case, it was a bad burrito, but I went home sick. Eventually I was atop the bowl, a garbage can between my knees, vigorously throwing off ballast from both ends more or less simultaneously - the efforts at one end kicking off a challenging response from the other, for what seemed like an eternity but in retrospect was probably just a few hours.

So, I mean this is obviously a funny story, but those memories have really stayed with me.

Newton's law, as given by Pops Nurgle.

**MrDwhitey**

Funny stories, things you laugh at thinking back, but during the time you thought you were dying.

**whembly**

Grey Templar wrote:
Learned more about food poisoning today in class.

Botulism is not nice. At least the Kidney stone gives you a fair shake.

Botulism is nasty... don't get me wrong.

Don't feth with Kidney Stones man... you can go septic too.

*double shudders*

Automatically Appended Next Post:

Ouze wrote:
I had the same situation as Relapse. In my case, it was a bad burrito, but I went home sick. Eventually I was atop the bowl, a garbage can between my knees, vigorously throwing off ballast from both ends more or less simultaneously - the efforts at one end kicking off a challenging response from the other, for what seemed like an eternity but in retrospect was probably just a few hours.

So, I mean this is obviously a funny story, but those memories have really stayed with me.

Is it bad that I'm laughing at this hysterically?

**Relapse**

MrDwhitey wrote:
Funny stories, things you laugh at thinking back, but during the time you thought you were dying.

My friends at work called me up as I was between bouts of puking to sing, "Why am I such a misfit", from the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer show to me. I was also watching a documentary on Fleetwood Mac that I honestly thought I would not live to see the end of.
It was a surreal evening in which I was resigned to death.

**nels1031**

I'm blessed to say that I've never had food poisoning.

Which is surprising as I've really pulled the trigger on pretty much all of the chambers in the gun of Food Poison Roulette. I've eaten at some shady Chinese buffets when I was stationed in Georgia, street vendors selling kabobs or wurst in Germany, and multiple taco stands in California. Had some explosive and colorful side effects, but never anything as severe as food poisoning.

My planned vacation to India may end me, though.

**Grey Templar**

Food poisoning doesn't need to be severe. As I pointed out earlier, the vast majority of food poisoning never results in hospitalization. A little diarrhea and a stomach ache could be all that happens.

**timetowaste85**

I got mild food poisoning in Missouri. Don't eat at a Chinese buffet that has "frog regs" on the menu...or was it "flog legs"? Either way, avoid. Serious gas and the runs. Lots of runs. My friend's son was quietly trying to die. I've also been poisoned by bad spaghetti sauce and not-fully cooked chicken wings. Both were cooked in the home.

**hotsauceman1**

Grey Templar wrote:
Food poisoning doesn't need to be severe. As I pointed out earlier, the vast majority of food poisoning never results in hospitalization. A little diarrhea and a stomach ache could be all that happens.

I got fod poisoning once, all it resulted in was a horrible stomach ache and Gas so deadly I was banned from my work.

**Desubot**

Its so ironic that there must be a conspiracy.