The crowdsourcing site iwaspoisoned.com has collected thousands of reports of foodborne illnesses from individuals across the United States since 2009 and is expanding with a custom alert service for state health departments.
“There are now 26 states signed up, allowing government (health) officials and epidemiologists to receive real time, customized alerts for reported foodborne illness incidents,” said iwaspoisoned.com founder Patrick Quade.
Use the GOT FOOD POISONING? form on this page to tell us when/where you think you got food poisoning. We will find any matches (same food/location/time period) and if you opt in (via email) we will let you know if others had the same experience. You can then report to the restaurant/vendor &/or your local health department with greater confidence. Also – many health departments actively monitor the site, so.. where your local health department has opted in – cases may be forwarded to them for follow up.
The goal of the site is to raise awareness, and help restaurants understand patterns, and potentially discover issues – in order to help reduce the incidence of food poisoning.
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