NEW YORK: When Chicago health officials saw Twitter users complaining about local food poisoning episodes, they reached out on Twitter to those users and often ended up charging the restaurant in question with a violation.
“We know that the majority of cases of foodborne outbreaks really never end up getting reported to the local health department anywhere in the country,” Dr Bechara Choucair told Reuters Health in a phone call.
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