Norovirus hits Raleigh NC, let the barfing begin
Ben Raymond is an MS student at North Carolina State University focusing on food safety through social media, barf banter, and creating new foods. The kind that won’t make you barf. Raymond writes: I...
View ArticleUK Naval base hit with norovirus
There are a bunch of things in this story that grabbed my attention. As Stefon says, this one has everything: the Navy, vomit, diarrhea, isolation, quarantine, a ship and Raleigh. According to BBC,...
View ArticleI have no doubt it was Chapman: Fart forces AA passengers off plane in Raleigh
CBS North Carolina reports a person who “passed gas” on an American Airlines plane on Sunday afternoon forced all passengers off the jet. The incident happened when passengers on the flight became ill...
View ArticleBite Me ’09: First gig, Raleigh, North Carolina
It was like Spinal Tap goes to the airforce base (below). But Ben’s dad enjoyed the talk, New messages, media, to reduce incidence of foodborne disease. The global incidence of foodborne illness...
View ArticleRaleigh foodborne illnesses possibly tied to restaurant
Independent Weekly is reporting that at least eight cases of foodborne illness are being investigated and that they may be linked to a common restaurant. The illnesses, reported April 17, may be...
View ArticleOysters -steamed – may have caused illness at Raleigh oyster bar
NBC17 is reporting this afternoon that several customers have notified the 42nd Street Oyster Bar that they became ill after eating oysters at the longtime Raleigh restaurant. Brad Hurley, a partner...
View Article42 St. Oyster Bar outbreak climbs to 280 ill; norovirus isolated from three...
Initially reported as an outbreak of foodborne illness among 30 patrons, WRAL reports tonight that up to 280 people have reported becoming ill after eating at Raleigh’s 42 St. Oyster Bar in late...
View ArticlePossible foodborne illness outbreak at Raleigh (N.C.) student leadership...
WRAL is reporting that 5 students have been hospitalized and more than 150 students fell ill after eating a common meal on Friday February 12. All of the ill were attending a YMCA leadership event at...
View ArticleRaleigh outbreak linked to convention center banquet caterer, not Shereton
WRAL in Raleigh reported today that the Shereton Hotel (at right, exactly as shown, with ambulances taking kids away), the focus of an outbreak investigation about a month ago (150+ teenagers ill at a...
View ArticleCucumbers test positive for salmonella, recalled in 9 states
Food safety recalls in the absence of illness are an indicator the system is sorta working. They happen routinely, but in a food safety Internet culture that promotes repetition rather than analysis,...
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