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FDA says reports nearing 450 in outbreak associated with Lucky Charms cereal

By Coral Beach on April 28, 2022

The FDA is reporting that the number of reports of illnesses linked to a dry cereal have almost doubled in the past week, reaching 446.

In a weekly update the Food and Drug Administration indicated…
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Consumers on iwaspoisoned.com complain of illnesses linked to Lucky Charms

By Jonan Pilet on April 5, 2022

The website iwaspoisoned.com, credited with helping to identify several high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years, has possibly done it again.

During the past several days, hundreds of people have complained about stomach aches, vomiting …
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Researchers use iwaspoisoned.com and Amazon reviews to improve food safety

By News Desk on February 10, 2021

Researchers are using text mining technology to analyze comments and reviews to improve the traceability of and communication about risky food products.

In a new study published by the journal “Risk Analysis”  the …
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Study attempts food safety surveillance through text mining

By News Desk on January 10, 2021

Researchers are using text mining and supervised machine learning to try and identify unique words and phrases in online posts that identify consumers’ interactions with hazardous food products.

The team of scientists from San Diego …
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Fullerton, CA restaurant with illnesses reported by crowd-sourcing closed again

By Dan Flynn on June 27, 2019

Pita Hot, the Fullerton, CA restaurant with illnesses that were identified by the crowd-sourcing site iwaspoisoned.com was closed for a second time on June 25.

The Orange County Health Agency reported ongoing foodborne illness…
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Pita Hot allowed to reopen following reports of hundreds of customer illnesses

By News Desk on June 23, 2019

Editor’s note: The Orange County Health Care Agency provided the following statement to Food Safety News on June 24.

There are no regulatory requirements for length of closure period in relation to an ongoing foodborne…

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Potentially hundreds sickened by Orange County restaurant’s food

By News Desk on June 22, 2019

The crowd-sourcing site iwaspoisoned.com has again identified a restaurant that apparently has been making people sick, but there is not yet any official confirmation by local health authorities. 

In the past seven days, almost 200…
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iwaspoisoned.com app gives the public and public health officials new tools

By News Desk on December 11, 2018

The website iwaspoisoned.com, credited with helping to identify several high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years, has released an app designed to help people decide where to go when dining away from home.

The…
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222 reports to crowdsourcing site links 405 illnesses to re-opened Ohio Chipotle

By Dan Flynn on August 2, 2018

On the Monday before the Chipotle Mexican Grill on Sawmill Parkway in Powell, OH, was closed for a day over a food safety scare, some lettuce was dropped in the food preparation area, picked up…
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Record shows Jimmy John’s sprouts repeatedly sicken patrons

By Dan Flynn on January 23, 2018

The crowdsourcing site www.iwaspoisoned.com continues to show the Illinois-Wisconsin region as the center of a Salmonella montevideo outbreak likely caused by raw sprouts at Jimmy John’s restaurants.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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