Over 100 people have fallen ill from suspected food poisoning at a food safety conference in Baltimore, according to reports.
The national Food Safety Summit attendees were plagued with an outbreak of astroenteritis that left them with nausea and diarrhea, NBC News reports.
The conference, held during the second week of April at the Baltimore Convention Center, attracted more than 1,500 food safety professionals - including government employees from the FDA and CDC, as well as representatives from fast food restaurants like McDonald's.
About 12 hours after eating a meal there, guests started reporting symptoms like nausea and diarrhea that are commonly associated with foodborne illnesses.
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.
